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corrugator

/ ˈkɒrʊˌɡeɪtə /

noun

  1. a muscle whose contraction causes wrinkling of the brow

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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As was the case at the paper mill in Rome, the facility was dominated by a single, tremendously expensive machine — here, a multimillion-dollar corrugator, into which the containerboard was fed at a velocity of 1,200 feet per minute.

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“Fluting happens at the top,” McDaniel said, indicating a series of whirring cogs on the corrugator that folded the paper into tiny creases — origami at industrial scale.

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All three layers are sealed together with cornstarch, which is cooked to boiling and introduced via the corrugator’s dosing tank.

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He lowered his brow, using his depressor glabellae, depressor supercilii, and corrugator.

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But that often has the unintended effect of you flexing this particular muscle, the “corrugator supercilii.”

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