undercompressive

adjective

Less than normally compressive

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Meanings

adjectiveundercompressive (not comparable)
  1. not comparableLess than normally compressive
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    We derive the evolution equation for the curves by considering long-wavelength perturbations to the one-dimensional traveling wave, using the unusual boundary conditions required for an undercompressive shock, and we show this equation accurately describes the evolution of shapes on surfaces, both in simulations and in experiments.

    2016, Joy C. Perkinson, Michael J. Aziz, Michael P. Brenner, Miranda Holmes-Cerfon, “Designing steep, sharp patterns on uniformly ion-bombarded surfaces”, in arXiv

Origin

From under- + compressive.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with undercompressive

progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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Cite this entry
APA

undercompressive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercompressive

MLA

“undercompressive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercompressive. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “undercompressive,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/undercompressive.

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