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corrugation

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cor⋅ru⋅ga⋅tion

[kawr-uh-gey-shuhn, kor-]
–noun
1. the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
2. a wrinkle; fold; furrow; ridge.

Origin:
1520–30; < ML corrūgātiōn- (s. of corrūgātiō) a wrinkling. See corrugate, -ion
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cor·ru·ga·tion   (kôr'ə-gā'shən, kŏr'-)   
n.  
    1. The act or process of corrugating.

    2. The state of being corrugated.

  1. A groove or ridge on a corrugated surface.

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