Meanings
adjectiveundular (not comparable)
- not comparableHaving the form of a moving wave
This breaking criterion can also be applied to time-dependent situations, and one case of interest is the development of an undular bore created by an influx at a lateral boundary.
2016, Mats K. Brun, Henrik Kalisch, “Convective Wave Breaking in the KdV Equation”, in arXiv
Origin
Surface analysis Latin undula + -ar.
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