Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-DU-LA'TION
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UN-DU-LA'TION, n. [from undulate.]
- A waving motion or vibration; as, the undulations of a fluid, of water or air; the undulations of sound. The undulations of a fluid are propagated in concentric circles.
- In medicine, a particular uneasy sensation of an undulatory motion in the heart. Cyc.
- In music, a rattling or jarring of sounds, as when discordant notes are sounded together. It is called also beat. Cyc.
- In surgery, a certain motion of the matter of an abscess when pressed, which indicates its fitness for opening. Cyc.
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