Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Motion in curves alternately concave and convex like that of the waves of the sea; undulatory motion. See
wave , 3.
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YuGiOh TCG: diffusion wave-motion, ultra rare, RDS-ENSE1
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YuGiOh TCG: diffusion wave-motion, ultra rare, RDS-ENSE1
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The XJ120, introduced in 1948, brilliantly emulated the graceful wave-motion of the leaping Panthera onca in the forests of the Amazon.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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In a regular wave-motion the bats dodge round street lamps planted with regular lights.
Archive 2009-06-01 Eric Dickens 2009
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The XJ120, introduced in 1948, brilliantly emulated the graceful wave-motion of the leaping Panthera onca in the forests of the Amazon.
Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009
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At depths of a hundred feet or over, wave-motion is rarely or never felt: but the rocking of that bathyscaphe was unmistakable, though very gentle indeed.
Fear is the Key MacLean, Alistair 1961
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A good illustration of the transmission of wave-motion may be shown with a number of ivory bagatelle or billiard balls.
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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A most important factor in determining the propagation of any wave-motion, through a gas or solid, is the relationship of the elasticity of the gas or solid to its density.
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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Light and Heat have been proved to be due to the periodic wave-motion of this universal
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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Light has been proved to be due to the undulatory wave-motions of the Aether, and in order to account for the transmission of the wave-motion, it is essential that the Aether should possess the property of elasticity.
Aether and Gravitation William George Hooper
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