imperforate
Americanadjective
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Also imperforated not perforate; having no perforation.
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Philately. (of a number of stamps joined together) lacking the perforations usually separating individual stamps.
noun
adjective
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not perforated
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imperf. (of a postage stamp) not provided with perforation or any other means of separation Compare perforate
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anatomy (of a bodily part, such as the anus) without the normal opening
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In local conditions of imperforate hymen, imperforate cervix or ovarian disease, surgical interference is necessary.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" by Various
Although made and approved, this stamp is said to have been withheld from issue in this imperforate condition.
From History of the Postage Stamps of the United States of America by Tiffany, John Kerr
There are a good many specimens of these stamps imperforate, and they were on sale at a Canadian Post Office.
From Canada: Its Postage Stamps and Postal Stationery by Howes, Clifton Armstrong
One female trapped on February 19, 1950, weighed only 140 grams and was still imperforate.
From Ecological Observations on the Woodrat, Neotoma floridana by Fitch, Henry S.
All values are known entirely imperforate, the 3c in this condition being first recorded in the Philatelic Record for December, 1882.
From The Stamps of Canada by Poole, Bertram William Henry
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