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undulated, ppl. a.|ˈʌndjʊleɪtɪd|
[Cf. prec. and undulate a.]
1. Formed into a waved surface or outline; arranged in a series of wave-like curves.
1623Cockeram 1, Vndulated, made like the waues of the Sea. 1673Grew Anat. Trunks i. i. §31 Next there is an undulated Ring of other Lymphæducts. 1753Chambers' Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, Undulated leaf, that whose..edges are necessitated to rise and fall in a regular manner. 1783Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 181 The bridge has taken an undulated form, and the rail on each side is curiously scolloped. a1853Pereira Polarized Light (1854) 117 A series of rods disposed horizontally in an undulated form, so as to represent a system of plane waves. 1873J. Tomes Dental Surg. (ed. 2) 7 The inferior edge of the lower jaw..is undulated.
b. Of ground, hills, etc. (Cf. undulating 2 b.)
1821T. Nuttall Arkansa 11 A deeply undulated country. 1845E. Warburton Crescent & Cross I. 15 An amphitheatre of finely undulated hills. 1893Sir H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare I. 59 A small elevated plain, slightly undulated.
2. Furnished or diversified with wavy markings.
1664Evelyn Sylva xxv. 65 The Roots of this [Box] Tree..do furnish the..Cabinet-makers with pieces rarely undulated. 1706Phillips [see undulate a. 1]. 1787[see 2 b]. 1798Lond. Gaz. 20 Nov., A Chief undulated Argent, thereon Waves of the Sea. 1811Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 469 Yellowish Green Parrakeet, undulated above with brown.
b. spec. In the names of birds or fishes.
1785Latham Gen. Synop. Birds III. 333 Undulated Fly-catcher. 1787Ibid. Suppl. 225 Undulated Trumpeter;..the plumage..of a pale reddish brown, beautifully undulated with black. 1803Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 223 Undulated Coryphene. 1811Ibid. VIII. 469 Undulated Parrakeet. |