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WAVINESS

Dictionary entry overview: What does waviness mean?

• WAVINESS (noun)
The noun WAVINESS has 2 senses:

1. of hair: a tendency to curl
2. unevenness produced by waves or wrinkles

Familiarity information: WAVINESS used as a noun is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WAVINESS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Of hair: a tendency to curl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

curliness; waviness

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)

Sense 2

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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)

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