undulatory

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A rush of energy follows the introspective opening, as more dancers arrive, joining together in full-bodied, undulatory movement that integrates the fast-paced, stamping footwork of Tswana.

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

It should be remarked that this phenomenon of the production of circles of precipitate separated by transparent spaces, although periodic, is not of necessity vibratory or undulatory.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

Shortly after the beginning of the 19th century the labours of these three philosophers were shaping the modern doctrine of the undulatory theory of light.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

We now know that there are other means of periodic transmission which are apparently not undulatory.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

Bell and Tainter with their photophone have converted the undulatory waves of light into the sweetest music.

From Inventions in the Century by Doolittle, William Henry