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
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 • Dec. 8, 2023
For the first time, scientists have observed quantum interference—a wavelike interaction between particles related to the weird quantum phenomenon of entanglement—occurring between two different kinds of particles.
From Scientific American • Jan. 11, 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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