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CORRUGATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does corrugation mean?
• CORRUGATION (noun)
The noun CORRUGATION has 2 senses:
1. a ridge on a corrugated surface
2. the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves
Familiarity information: CORRUGATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A ridge on a corrugated surface
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("corrugation" is a kind of...):
ridge (any long raised strip)
Derivation:
corrugate (fold into ridges)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("corrugation" is a kind of...):
change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)
Derivation:
corrugate (fold into ridges)
Context examples
A non-threaded shallow draw metal closure that normally has 21 corrugations on the outer edge, which function to engage the container when applied.
(Crown Metal Container Closure, Food and Drug Administration)
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