corrugation
[ kawr-uh-gey-shuhn, kor- ]
noun
the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.
Origin of corrugation
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How to use corrugation in a sentence
During this energetic action the whole fabric is kept in a state of corrugation, and to such extent is rigid.
Small cooking bowl, remarkable for corrugation representing the rising of the boiling waters of a flood.
Illustrated Catalogue of the Collections Obtained | James StevensonThe floor underfoot was quite different—more of a metallic quality with a curious corrugation.
The Girl in the Golden Atom | Raymond King CummingsOnly now there were no rocks or bowlders, and the ground was smoother and with a peculiar corrugation.
The Girl in the Golden Atom | Raymond King CummingsThen the roof, with a nail in every corrugation, in the concaves instead of the convexes, and the mansion wanted but a floor.
From Chart House to Bush Hut | Charles W. L. Bryde
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