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wave-like

wave-like is the alternative form of wavelike.

Meaning of wavelike

Adjective

wavelike (comparative more wavelike, superlative most wavelike)

  1. Having some properties or characteristics of a wave; used especially of physical particles.
    • In 1923, the Prince de Broglie showed mathematically that particles, in turn, should exhibit wavelike properties, a prediction that led to the development of the field of wave mechanics.1987 March 20, Thomas W. Ennis, “LOUIS DEBROGLIE, FRENCH PHYSICIST, WON '29 NOBEL FOR WAVE THEORY”, in The New York Times

Forms of wave-like

comparativemore wave-like
superlativemost wave-like

Questions about wave-like

What is wave-like the alternative form of?
Wave-like is the alternative form of wavelike.

Words near wave-like in the dictionary

  1. wave trains
  2. wave turn
  3. wave vector
  4. wave vectors
  5. wave washing
  6. wave-like
  7. wave-mechanical
  8. wave-particle
  9. wave-particle duality
  10. wave-particles
  11. wave-rider

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wave-like (page history and authors); wavelike (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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