wavelike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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These liquid chambers alternately bulge and elongate, creating a visible and slow wavelike ripple along a worm’s body, scooting it forward.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2024
Eventually, it undergoes a low frequency wavelike circumferential deformation.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 9, 2024
At other times, the particles showed a broad and wavelike behavior, with influence spreading out over large regions of physical space relative to their natural size.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 16, 2023
An upcoming show at Jeffrey Deitch in Los Angeles promises wavelike imagery stirred by observations of the Pacific Ocean.
From New York Times ● Dec. 15, 2022
According to quantum theory, everything—light, electrons, protons, small dogs—have both wavelike and particlelike properties.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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