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duned

duned

English

Adjective

duned (not comparable)

  1. (geology) Featuring or formed into dunes.
    • 1912, William Mumford Gregory, Geological report on Arenac County, Issue 11, page 76,
      The banks are duned and are nearly 40 feet above the lake.
    • 1971, Royal Astronomical Society, The Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 22, page 153,
      These are related to positioning of the meter array on the form of the duned bed.
    • 1975, Joel S. Watkins, Michael L. Bottino, Marie Morisawa, Our Geological Environment, page 226,
      Duned coasts appear where sand accumulates on a beach faster than the waves can move the material alongshore.