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shellular

shellular adjective: relating to or composed of cellular shells.

Adjective

shellular (not comparable)

  1. Relating to or composed of cellular shells.
    • The fluid is modeled with the Boussinesq approximation and has a shellular steady rotation profile that stems from the combined effects of stratification, rotation, and no-slip boundary conditions.2015, Giovanni M. Mirouh, Clément Baruteau, Michel Rieutord, Jérôme Ballot, “Gravito-inertial waves in a differentially rotating spherical shell”, in arXiv

Origin of shellular

Blend of shell + cellular.

Questions about shellular

What does shellular mean?
Shellular means relating to or composed of cellular shells.
What part of speech is shellular?
Shellular is an adjective.

Words near shellular in the dictionary

  1. shellsuited
  2. shellsuits
  3. shelltoe
  4. shelltoed
  5. shelltoes
  6. shellular
  7. shellwork
  8. shellworker
  9. shellworkers
  10. shellworking
  11. shellworks

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