wavelike
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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Known as “Bay Lights 360,” the display will include 46,000 lights shimmering in abstract, wavelike formations that never repeat — similar to the old installation, but with better quality lights.
From New York Times
"We leveraged the wavelike nature of spin waves to successfully control their propagation directly," points out Taichi Goto, associate professor at Tohoku University's Electrical Communication Research Institute, and co-author of the paper.
From Science Daily
Though Gasque's calculations don't directly address the on-off glow that makes the phenomenon look like a picket fence, it's likely due to wavelike variations in the electric field, she said.
From Science Daily
The tug of gravity and push of pressure lead to wavelike density patterns in a fluidic “dark plasma.”
From Scientific American
The crystal phenomena we investigate result from the way quantum mechanics limits the motion of wavelike particles.
From Scientific American
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