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undulationist

undulationist noun: one who believes that light is a wave.

Noun

undulationist (plural undulationists)

  1. (dated) One who believes that light is a wave.
    • the undulationist will conceive that his opinions have gained no small accession of evidence by this exemplification of what they will account for1833, William Whewell, Address Delivered in the Senate-House at Cambridge

Forms of undulationist

pluralundulationists

Origin of undulationist

From undulation + -ist.

Questions about undulationist

What does undulationist mean?
Undulationist means one who believes that light is a wave.
What part of speech is undulationist?
Undulationist is a noun.
What is the plural of undulationist?
The plural of undulationist is undulationists.

Words near undulationist in the dictionary

  1. undulating
  2. undulatingly
  3. undulatings
  4. undulation
  5. undulationism
  6. undulationist
  7. undulationists
  8. undulations
  9. undulative
  10. undulator
  11. undulatoriness

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