Synonyms for corrugation


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kawr-uh-gey-shuh n, kor-
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɔr əˈgeɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr-


Définition of corrugation

Origin :
  • 1520s, from Latin *corrugationem, noun of action from past participle stem of corrugare (see corrugate).
  • noun groove
Example sentences :
  • Nor can I imagine now what I may have meant by the "corrugation" on a dish.
  • Extract from : « Mohave Pottery » by Alfred L. Kroeber
  • It must be freely lubricated by ways leading to each collar or corrugation, and so situated that it is accessible for examination.
  • Extract from : « Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II » by Joshua Rose
  • He perspired violently; the whole of his scalp twitched with the corrugation of his brows.
  • Extract from : « Back o' the Moon » by Oliver Onions
  • During this energetic action the whole fabric is kept in a state of corrugation, and to such extent is rigid.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 467, December 13, 1884 » by Various
  • Small cooking bowl, remarkable for corrugation representing the rising of the boiling waters of a flood.
  • Extract from : « Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained » by James Stevenson
  • Then the roof, with a nail in every corrugation, in the concaves instead of the convexes, and the mansion wanted but a floor.
  • Extract from : « From Chart House to Bush Hut » by Charles W. L. Bryde

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