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单词 undular
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undularadj.

Etymology: < Latin type *undulāris : compare undulary adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈundular.
a. Wavy, undulating.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adjective] > undulating
waved1577
redundant1667
rippling1670
wavya1701
undular1738
undulating1738
up and down1775
waving1810
undulous1862
1738 E. Chambers Cycl. (ed. 2) at Muscle They contract themselves into an undular kind of surface.
b. Applied to a type of hydraulic jump consisting of a number of waves of diminishing size trailing downstream, with little difference in the water levels on either side of them.
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the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > [adjective] > changing abruptly
undular1961
1961 V. L. Streeter Handbk. Fluid Dynamics xxiv. 36 On the basis of Froude number..the hydraulic jump may be classified into five types... For F1 = 1 to 1·7, the flow surface shows undulations; an undular jump is formed.
1982 Sci. Amer. June 134/2 Whether a particular bore is breaking or undular depends on the height of the tide, the depth of the river, [etc.].

Derivatives

ˈundularly adv.
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the world > space > shape > unevenness > [adverb] > undulatingly
undulatingly1794
undularly1805
1805 T. Weaver tr. A. G. Werner Treat. Fossils 275 1. Spherically..2. Undularly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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