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undulatory

undulatory adjective: that undulates, or that causes undulations.

Adjective

undulatory (not comparable)

  1. That undulates, or that causes undulations
    • His body was contracted and bent towards them, and described an undulatory movement like that of a worm writhing.1906, James George Frazer, Adonis, Attis, Osiris, volume 2, page 146

Origin of undulatory

From undulate + -ory.

Words formed from undulatory

Questions about undulatory

What does undulatory mean?
Undulatory means that undulates, or that causes undulations.
What part of speech is undulatory?
Undulatory is an adjective.

Words near undulatory in the dictionary

  1. undulations
  2. undulative
  3. undulator
  4. undulatoriness
  5. undulators
  6. undulatory
  7. undulatus
  8. undulatuses
  9. undulin
  10. undulipodia
  11. undulipodial

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