Definition of "wave-motion" [wave-motion]

• Motion in curves alternately concave and convex like that of the waves of the sea; undulatory motion. See wave, 3. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "YuGiOh TCG: diffusion wave-motion, ultra rare, RDS-ENSE1"
• "The XJ120, introduced in 1948, brilliantly emulated the graceful wave-motion of the leaping Panthera onca in the forests of the Amazon."
• "In a regular wave-motion the bats dodge round street lamps planted with regular lights."