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undulary

undulary adjective: moving like waves; undulatory.

Adjective

undulary (comparative more undulary, superlative most undulary)

  1. (obsolete) Moving like waves; undulatory.
    • yet do the blasts and undulary breaths thereof maintain no certainty in their course1672, Sir Thomas Browne, chapter 17, in [Pseudodixia Epidemica]
  2. Pertaining to the wave-like curve formed by the size of an ellipse as a function of the position of its focus.
    • The undulary curve (fig. 2.6c) is formed by the focus of an ellipse rolling on the axis.2012, Jean Berthier, Kenneth A. Brakke, The Physics of Microdroplets, pages 1-95

Noun

undulary (plural undularies)

  1. An undulary curve.
    • An undulary can be expressed in parametric form using elliptic integrals.2012, Jean Berthier, Kenneth A. Brakke, The Physics of Microdroplets, pages 1-95

Forms of undulary

Adjective
comparativemore undulary
superlativemost undulary
Noun
pluralundularies

Origin of undulary

See undulate, -ary.

Questions about undulary

What does undulary mean?
Undulary means moving like waves; undulatory.
What part of speech is undulary?
Undulary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near undulary in the dictionary

  1. undulancy
  2. undulant
  3. undulant fever
  4. undular
  5. undularly
  6. undulary
  7. undulate
  8. undulated
  9. undulated antshrike
  10. undulated antshrikes
  11. undulated tinamou

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