undulation
noun
un·du·la·tion
ˌən-jə-ˈlā-shən 
ˌən-dyə-,
ˌən-də-
1
a
: a rising and falling in waves
b
: a wavelike motion to and fro in a fluid or elastic medium propagated continuously among its particles but with little or no permanent translation of the particles in the direction of the propagation : vibration
2
: the pulsation caused by the vibrating together of two tones not quite in unison
3
: a wavy appearance, outline, or form : waviness
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The shock absorber and spring manage weight and smaller cracks in the road, but larger undulations do result in some rafting effects.
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
But the momentum swings that lead to five sets are frequently just that — undulations that aren’t any more epic than what unfolds in a three-set match.
—Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Neugebauer understands that the layer Jacobs-Jenkins is adding to the conventional undulations of melodrama — a family with damning secrets, a haunted estate on the brink of loss, a plot full of gaspy twists — is to turn its stock cutouts into people, catastrophic failings and all.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
While, with some undulations, the international position of Germany has been improving, this relative increase in her prestige has made no great impression on the German masses.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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Michael Teo Van Runkle, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
But the momentum swings that lead to five sets are frequently just that — undulations that aren’t any more epic than what unfolds in a three-set match.
—Ava Wallace, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Neugebauer understands that the layer Jacobs-Jenkins is adding to the conventional undulations of melodrama — a family with damning secrets, a haunted estate on the brink of loss, a plot full of gaspy twists — is to turn its stock cutouts into people, catastrophic failings and all.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 16 June 2024
While, with some undulations, the international position of Germany has been improving, this relative increase in her prestige has made no great impression on the German masses.
—Foreign Affairs, 18 Dec. 2011
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undulation
noun
un·du·la·tion
ˌən-jə-ˈlā-shən
ˌən-d(y)ə-
1
: the action of undulating
2
: a wavy appearance or form : waviness
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