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
Using ship-borne imagery, the team calculated the rates of retreat by studying patterns of wavelike ridges along the seafloor.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 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
Maxwell’s equations predicted that there could be wavelike disturbances in the combined electromagnetic field, and that these would travel at a fixed speed, like ripples on a pond.
From "A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays" by Stephen Hawking
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