undulatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective resembling waves in form or outline or motion
    undulant.

WordNet


Un"du*la*to*ry adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. ondulatoire.
Definitions
  1. Moving in the manner of undulations, or waves; resembling the motion of waves, which successively rise or swell rise or swell and fall; pertaining to a propagated alternating motion, similar to that of waves. this theory as stated is essentially accepted, but elaborated by quantum theory. Mention of Maxwell's equations would be appropriate.

Webster 1913