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rugated

rugated is the alternative form of rugate.

Meaning of rugate

Adjective

rugate (comparative more rugate, superlative most rugate)

  1. Having alternate ridges and depressions; wrinkled.
    • Unifacial, superior surface transversely rugate, with minute oririmes at the bottom of the furrowsc. 1848, James Dwight Dana, Zoophytes
  2. Having a varying refractive index.
    • Rugate coatings typically consist of a single layer deposited onto a substrate where the refractive index of the layer continuously changes as a function of depth.2002, Bruce E. Perilloux, Thin-film Design, page 7

Forms of rugated

comparativemore rugated
superlativemost rugated

Questions about rugated

What is rugated the alternative form of?
Rugated is the alternative form of rugate.

Words near rugated in the dictionary

  1. rugal
  2. rugalach
  3. rugalachs
  4. Rugao
  5. rugate
  6. rugated
  7. rugbeater
  8. rugbeaters
  9. Rugbeian
  10. Rugbeians
  11. Rugbian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rugated (page history and authors); rugate (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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