undulatedadj.
/ˈʌndjᵿleɪtᵻd/, /ˈʌndʒᵿleɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˈəndʒəˌleɪdᵻd/, /ˈəndjəˌleɪdᵻd/ 1.
a. Formed into a waved surface or outline; arranged in a series of wave-like curves.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > series of curves > [adjective] > wavy
waving1604
undulated1623
waved1664
undulous1728
undulatory1796
wavy1839
undulating1884
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. i Vndulated, made like the waues of the Sea.
1675 N. Grew Compar. Anat. Trunks i. i. 6 Next there is an undulated Ring of other Lymphæducts.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Leaf Undulated leaf, that whose..edges are necessitated to rise and fall in a regular manner.
1783 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 73 181 The bridge has taken an undulated form, and the rail on each side is curiously scolloped.
1854 B. Powell Pereira's Lect. Polarized Light (ed. 2) 117 A series of rods disposed horizontally in an undulated form, so as to represent a system of plane waves.
1873 J. Tomes & C. S. Tomes Syst. Dental Surg. (ed. 2) 7 The inferior edge of the lower jaw..is undulated.
b. Of ground, hills, etc. (Cf. undulating adj. 2b.)
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > rising ground or eminence > [adjective] > undulating or undulated
wavy1774
undulating1794
rolling1795
undulated1821
undulatory1845
surging1847
1821 T. Nuttall Jrnl. Trav. Arkansa Territory 11 A deeply undulated country.
1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross I. 15 An amphitheatre of finely undulated hills.
1893 H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare I. 59 A small elevated plain, slightly undulated.
2.
a. Furnished or diversified with wavy markings.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > curves or spirals
waved1547
water-waved1599
scrolled1603
undulate1658
undulated1664
vermiculated1707
gadrooned1726
scrolling1936
1664 J. Evelyn Sylva xxv. 65 The Roots of this [Box] Tree..do furnish the..Cabinet-makers with pieces rarely undulated.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Undulate, or Undulated, made in fashion of Waves, as watered Stuffs and the Grain of Wainscot.
1787 [see sense 2b]. 1798 London Gaz. 20 Nov. A Chief undulated Argent, thereon Waves of the Sea.
1811 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 469 Yellowish Green Parrakeet, undulated above with brown.
b. spec. In the names of birds or fishes.
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the world > animals > animal body > markings or colourings > [adjective] > having wavy markings
undated1783
undulated1785
vermiculated1872
1785 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds III. ii. 333 Undulated Fly-catcher.
1787 J. Latham Gen. Synopsis Birds Suppl. I. 225 Undulated Trumpeter;..the plumage..of a pale reddish brown, beautifully undulated with black.
1803 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 223 Undulated Coryphene.
1811 G. Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 469 Undulated Parrakeet.
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