UNDULATING

Adjective

undulating (comparative more undulating, superlative most undulating)

Moving up and down like waves; wavy.

Forming a series of regular curves.

Verb

undulating

present participle of undulate

Noun

undulating (plural undulatings)

undulation

Source: Wiktionary


Un"du*la`ting, a.

Definition: Rising and falling like waves; resembling wave form or motion; undulatory; rolling; wavy; as, an undulating medium; undulating ground.

– Un"du*la`ting*ly. adv.

UNDULATE

Un"du*late, a. Etym: [L. undulatus undulated, wavy, a dim. from unda a wave; cf. AS. unnr; perhaps akin to E. water. Cf. Abound, Inundate, Redound, Surround.]

Definition: Same as Undulated.

Un"du*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Undulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Undulating.]

Definition: To cause to move backward and forward, or up and down, in undulations or waves; to cause to vibrate. Breath vocalized, that is, vibrated and undulated. Holder.

Un"du*late, v. i.

Definition: To move in, or have, undulations or waves; to vibrate; to wave; as, undulating air.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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