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21undulatory swimming — muscular undulations passing along the body, generating forward movement. See also oscillatory swimming …
22undulatory theory — Physics. See wave theory (def. 1). [1795 1805] * * * …
23undulatory theory — un·du·la·to·ry theory ən jə lə .tōr ē , ən d(y)ə lə , .tȯr ē n WAVE THEORY * * * wave t …
24undulatory nystagmus — pendular n …
25UNDULATORY THEORY — the theory that light is due to vibrations or undulations in the ether as the medium through which it is transmitted from its source in a luminous body …
26Wave theory — Undulatory Un du*la*to*ry (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. ondulatoire.] 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,… …
27locomotion — /loh keuh moh sheuhn/, n. the act or power of moving from place to place. [1640 50; see LOCOMOTIVE, MOTION] * * * Any of various animal movements that result in progression from one place to another. Locomotion is classified as either… …
28History of Physics — History of Physics † Catholic Encyclopedia ► History of Physics The subject will be treated under the following heads: I. A Glance at Ancient Physics; II. Science and Early Christian Scholars; III. A Glance at Arabian Physics; IV.… …
29Invention of the telephone — The modern telephone is the result of work done by many people, all worthy of recognition of their contributions to the field. Alexander Graham Bell was the first to patent the telephone, an apparatus for transmitting vocal or other sounds… …
30Wave — Wave, n. [From {Wave}, v.; not the same word as OE. wawe, waghe, a wave, which is akin to E. wag to move. [root]138. See {Wave}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. An advancing ridge or swell on the surface of a liquid, as of the sea, resulting from the… …
