corrugation

corrugation
/kawr'euh gay"sheuhn, kor'-/, n.
1. the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
2. a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
[1520-30; < ML corrugation- (s. of corrugatio) a wrinkling. See CORRUGATE, -ION]

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  • Corrugation — Cor ru*ga tion (k?r r? g? sh?n), n. [Cf. F. corrugation.] The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • corrugation — 1520s, from L. *corrugationem, noun of action from pp. stem of corrugare (see CORRUGATE (Cf. corrugate)) …   Etymology dictionary

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  • corrugation — noun Date: 1528 1. the act of corrugating 2. a ridge or groove of a surface that has been corrugated …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • corrugation — noun The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves …   Wiktionary

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