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Perforation   /pˌərfərˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Perforation

noun
1.
A line of small holes for tearing at a particular place.
2.
A hole made in something.
3.
The act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation).






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"Perforation" Quotes from Famous Books



... disadvantage in attacking them. The stroke of a shot, or a concussion of any kind that would split or shiver a wooden boat so as to damage it past repair, would only indent, or at most perforate, an iron one. And a perforation even, when made, is very easily repaired, even by the navigators themselves, under circumstances however unfavorable. With a smooth and heavy stone placed upon the outside for an anvil, and another used on the inside as a hammer, the protrusion is easily beaten down, the opening ...
— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 • Various



Words linked to "Perforation" :   puncture, perforate, hole



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