undulated, ppl. a.
(ˈʌndjʊleɪtɪd)
[Cf. prec. and undulate a.]
1. Formed into a waved surface or outline; arranged in a series of wave-like curves.
| 1623 Cockeram 1, Vndulated, made like the waues of the Sea. 1673 Grew Anat. Trunks i. i. §31 Next there is an undulated Ring of other Lymphæducts. 1753 Chambers' Cycl. Supp. s.v. Leaf, Undulated leaf, that whose..edges are necessitated to rise and fall in a regular manner. 1783 Phil. Trans. LXXIII. 181 The bridge has taken an undulated form, and the rail on each side is curiously scolloped. a 1853 Pereira Polarized Light (1854) 117 A series of rods disposed horizontally in an undulated form, so as to represent a system of plane waves. 1873 J. Tomes Dental Surg. (ed. 2) 7 The inferior edge of the lower jaw..is undulated. |
b. Of ground, hills, etc. (Cf. undulating 2 b.)
| 1821 T. Nuttall Arkansa 11 A deeply undulated country. 1845 E. Warburton Crescent & Cross I. 15 An amphitheatre of finely undulated hills. 1893 Sir H. H. Howorth Glacial Nightmare I. 59 A small elevated plain, slightly undulated. |
2. Furnished or diversified with wavy markings.
| 1664 Evelyn Sylva xxv. 65 The Roots of this [Box] Tree..do furnish the..Cabinet-makers with pieces rarely undulated. 1706 Phillips [see undulate a. 1]. 1787 [see 2 b]. 1798 Lond. Gaz. 20 Nov., A Chief undulated Argent, thereon Waves of the Sea. 1811 Shaw Gen. Zool. VIII. 469 Yellowish Green Parrakeet, undulated above with brown. |
b. spec. In the names of birds or fishes.
| 1785 Latham Gen. Synop. Birds III. 333 Undulated Fly-catcher. 1787 Ibid. Suppl. 225 Undulated Trumpeter;..the plumage..of a pale reddish brown, beautifully undulated with black. 1803 Shaw Gen. Zool. IV. 223 Undulated Coryphene. 1811 Ibid. VIII. 469 Undulated Parrakeet. |