Definition of "wave-form" [wave-form]

• The form assumed by oscillations, as in water, sand, etc. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "At this same locality I also found several horizons of dessication mudcracks, synaeresis mudcracks, and wave-form ripples."
• "I suspect that the ball reverted to wave-form during my various eye-blinks when it was momentarily freed from the restraints of objective observation In three hours, I did not get one single, solitary point."
• "This wire-weird longsong, he must have had some kind of wave-form projector in his pocket."