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undercompressive en · ADJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

From under- + compressive.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Less than normally compressive
    • 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: