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PRONUNCIATION OF WAVELIKE

wavelike  [ˈweɪvˌlaɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAVELIKE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Wavelike is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES WAVELIKE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of wavelike in the English dictionary

The definition of wavelike in the dictionary is resembling an oscillation through a medium or space. Other definition of wavelike is resembling a wave.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WAVELIKE


bird-like
ˈbɜːdˌlaɪk
cavelike
ˈkeɪvˌlaɪk
childlike
ˈtʃaɪldˌlaɪk
detective-like
dɪˈtɛktɪvˌlaɪk
dovelike
ˈdʌvˌlaɪk
godlike
ˈɡɒdˌlaɪk
gravelike
ˈɡreɪvˌlaɪk
groovelike
ˈɡruːvˌlaɪk
hivelike
ˈhaɪvˌlaɪk
homelike
ˈhəʊmˌlaɪk
human-like
ˈhjuːmənˌlaɪk
ladylike
ˈleɪdɪˌlaɪk
lifelike
ˈlaɪfˌlaɪk
lookalike
ˈlʊkəˌlaɪk
sievelike
ˈsɪvˌlaɪk
sleevelike
ˈsliːvˌlaɪk
summer-like
ˈsʌməˌlaɪk
sunlike
ˈsʌnˌlaɪk
valvelike
ˈvælvˌlaɪk
wandlike
ˈwɒndˌlaɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAVELIKE

wave-cut platform
waveband
waved umber
waveform
wavefront
waveguide
wavelength
waveless
wavelessly
wavelet
Wavell
wavellite
wavemeter
waveoff
waver
waverer
wavering
waveringly
waveringness
wavery

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAVELIKE

apelike
belike
dislike
eyelike
mazelike
mouselike
needlelike
platelike
plumelike
princelike
ridgelike
slatelike
smokelike
snakelike
spongelike
tapelike
tilelike
tonguelike
trancelike
treelike
wifelike

Synonyms and antonyms of wavelike in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «wavelike» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAVELIKE

Find out the translation of wavelike to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of wavelike from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «wavelike» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

波浪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ondulatorio
570 millions of speakers

English

wavelike
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तरंग जैसे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الموجي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

волнообразное
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

wavelike
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

wavelike
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ondulant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Wavelike
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

wellen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

波のような
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

파동
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wavelike
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

wavelike
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

wavelike
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वेव्हलीके
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

wavelike
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ondulatorio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

wavelike
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

хвилеподібний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

wavelike
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κυματοειδή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Golfagtige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vågformig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bølgelignende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of wavelike

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAVELIKE»

The term «wavelike» is normally little used and occupies the 108.703 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAVELIKE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about wavelike

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAVELIKE»

Discover the use of wavelike in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to wavelike and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Physics of Semiconductors: With Applications to ...
When light is observed as a photon, it loses all its wavelike properties and vice versa. The wavelike and the particlelike pictures are said to be complementary. This is known as the Principle of Complementarity. Similarly, matter exhibits ...
Kevin F. Brennan, 1999
2
Undulating Through This Wide Galaxy: Undulating: Moving in a ...
I write because it’s my only way in.
Hazel Mamaril, 2013
3
Electrons in Solids 2e: An Introductory Survey
Electrons were seen to exhibit wavelike as well as particlelike properties, light was seen to exhibit particlelike as well as wavelike properties, and the energies allowed for electrons in confined systems were seen to be restricted to a range of  ...
Richard Bube, 2012
4
Magnetospheric Research with Advanced Techniques
The results of spectral analysis of artificial wavelike ionosphere disturbances generated by barium orbital injection in the CRRES - Caribbean campaign experiments are presented here. Plasma density variations at the F2 peak height were ...
R.L. Xu, A.T.Y. Lui, 1998
5
Aesthetics and the Theory of Criticism: Selected Essays of ...
This quality is, of course, a wavelike contour; but it is not the quality designated by the expression 'wavelike contour'. Any object which has this quality will have a wavelike contour; but it is not true that any object which has a wavelike contour ...
Arnold Isenberg, William Callaghan, 1988
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College Physics
In Section 28.1, we described in a general way the wavelike properties of electrons and introduced the concept of “particle-waves.” The notion that the properties of both classical waves and classical particles are present at the same time is ...
Nicholas Giordano, 2012
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The Physical Basis of Biochemistry: The Foundations of ...
Wavelike. Properties. of. Particles. de Broglie noticed a mathematical connection between the formulation by Fermat that explained the path of waves of light in optical systems, the principle of least time, and a similar formulation by Hamilton  ...
Peter R. Bergethon, 2010
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Quantum Mechanics For Applied Physics And Engineering
1.7 Wave Properties of Matter Since light, considered generally to be wavelike, can therefore be shown in certain experiments to exhibit particlelike properties, it is certainly a reasonable extrapolation to speculate that particles of matter may ...
Albert T. Jr. Fromhold, 2012
9
The Universe: A View from Classical and Quantum Gravity
Swarms of birds often show wavelike patterns when they are attacked by a bird of prey. Birds in the swarm near the place where the attack would most likely happen flee the fastest into the safety of the swarm, but birds in there must first make ...
Martin Bojowald, 2012
10
Bioinspiration: From Nano to Micro Scales
1.16, we can see that the water probability densities of N D5 and N D6 show obvious wavelike pattern. The average amplitude is about 0.32 ̊A1. The distance between troughs and crests of the waves is about 2.6 ̊A, close to the length of the ...
Xiang Yang Liu, 2012

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAVELIKE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term wavelike is used in the context of the following news items.
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Vietnam to borrow additional $250mn from China for urban railway …
The under-construction urban railway late last month captured the attention of passers-by with its wavelike railroads, the latest in a grim series of scandals to hit ... «Tuoitrenews, Jul 15»
2
Team demonstrates wavelike quantum behaviour of polariton …
For the first time, the wavelike behaviour of a room-temperature polariton condensate has been demonstrated in the laboratory on a macroscopic length scale. «Phys.Org, Jul 15»
3
Chinese-funded urban rail line in Hanoi blasted for wavy railroads
An under-construction urban railway in Hanoi has captured the attention of passers-by with its wavelike railroads, the latest in a grim series of scandals to hit the ... «Tuoitrenews, Jun 15»
4
Mysterious, Wavelike Cloud Hugs Grand Tetons
A bizarre sheet of clouds embraced the highest peak in Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming last week, enchanting even the park's most seasoned visitors. «Discovery News, Feb 15»
5
Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence …
Evidence for wavelike energy transfer through quantum coherence in ... FMO complex at 77 K. This wavelike characteristic of the energy transfer within the ... «Nature.com, Apr 07»

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