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WAVINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("waviness" is a kind of...):
unevenness; variability (the quality of being uneven and lacking uniformity)
Derivation:
wavy (uneven by virtue of having wrinkles or waves)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of hair) a tendency to curl
Synonyms:
curliness; waviness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("waviness" is a kind of...):
curvature; curve (the property possessed by the curving of a line or surface)
Attribute:
curly ((of hair) having curls or waves)
straight ((of hair) having no waves or curls)
Derivation:
wavy ((of hair) having waves)
