🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

ondulação

Pronunciation / Transliteration: õ.du.laˈsɐ̃w

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Waviness/ˈweɪ.vɪ.nəs/
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A ondulação do cabelo dela era visível."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The state or quality of having a series of curves, waves, or ripples.

    "She loved the natural waviness of her hair after spending a day at the beach."
  2. 2

    A surface irregularity consisting of long-wavelength undulations, distinct from rougher microscopic texture.

    "Quality control inspectors measured the waviness of the newly manufactured steel panels."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the adjective 'wavy' (itself stemming from the Middle English noun 'wave', originating from Old English 'wǣġ'), combined with the native Germanic nominal suffix '-ness' denoting a state or quality. The term has evolved primarily in technical and aesthetic contexts to describe a surface quality characterized by alternate hollows and ridges.

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