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perforation
[ pur-fuh-rey-shuhn ]
noun
- a hole, or one of a series of holes, bored or punched through something, as those between individual postage stamps of a sheet to facilitate separation.
- a hole made or passing through a thing.
- the act of perforating.
- the condition or state of being perforated. perforated.
perforation
/ ˌpɜːfəˈreɪʃən /
noun
- the act of perforating or the state of being perforated
- a hole or holes made in something
- a method of making individual stamps, coupons, etc, easily separable by punching holes along their margins
- the holes punched in this way perf
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Example Sentences
He had several books containing large forms divided by perforation into four parts.
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I took a sheet of paper to him, and showed him how easy it would be by perforation to tear off the stamps as needed.
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When preserved whole, with merely a perforation at the top, they are used to carry water, some holding nearly three gallons.
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Originally determined by the slat of wood which strengthened the wall-plate at the point of its perforation by the trunnels.
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The ordinary dagger would have made a wider perforation with a corresponding increase in the blood-flow.
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