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a movement like that of a sudden occurrence or increase in a specified phenomenontype of:mouvementa change of position that does not entail a change of location
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one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water)types:sillagethe wave that spreads behind a boat as it moves forwardridea small wave on the surface of a liquidhoulethe undulating movement of the surface of the open seamontéea wave that lifts the surface of the water or grounddéferlement, raz-de-maréea wave resulting from the periodic flow of the tides that is caused by the gravitational attraction of the moon and sundéferlement, raz-de-maréean unusual (and often destructive) rise of water along the seashore caused by a storm or a combination of wind and high tidedéferlement, raz-de-maréea cataclysm resulting from a destructive sea wave caused by an earthquake or volcanic eruptionrouleaua long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shoremoutonsa wave that is blown by the wind so its crest is broken and appears white
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unclearness by virtue of being poorly expressed or not coherent in meaningtype of:troubleincomprehensibility as a result of not being clear
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a hairdo that creates undulations in the hairsynonyms: ondulationtypes:permanentea series of waves in the hair made by applying heat and chemicalstype of:
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(physics) a movement up and down or back and forthsynonyms: ondetypes:tremblement(physics) a regular periodic variation in value about a meanimpulsion(electronics) a sharp transient wave in the normal electrical state (or a series of such transients)résonancea vibration of large amplitude produced by a relatively small vibration near the same frequency of vibration as the natural frequency of the resonating system
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