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corrugation

Pronunciation:  `koru'geyshun

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves
  2. [n]  a ridge on a corrugated surface
 
 See Also: change of shape, ridge

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 
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