undulationist

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noun

One who believes that light is a wave.

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Meanings

nounundulationist (plural undulationists)

plural undulationists

  1. datedOne 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 for

    1833, William Whewell, Address Delivered in the Senate-House at Cambridge

Origin

From undulation + -ist.

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APA

undulationist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undulationist

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“undulationist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undulationist. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undulationist,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undulationist.

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