serration

[se-rey-shuhn]

ser·ra·tion

[se-rey-shuhn]
noun
1.
serrated condition or form.
2.
a serrated edge or formation.
3.
one of the notches or teeth of such an edge or formation.
Also, ser·ra·ture [ser-uh-cher] .


Origin:
1700–10; < Neo-Latin serrātiōn- (stem of serrātiō). See serrate, -ion
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Serration is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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serration or (less commonly) serrature (səˈreɪʃən, ˈsɛrətʃə)
 
n
1.  the state or condition of being serrated
2.  a row of notches or toothlike projections on an edge
3.  a single notch
 
serrature or (less commonly) serrature
 
n

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serration ser·ra·tion (sə-rā'shən, sě-)
n.

  1. The state of being serrate.

  2. A series or set of teeth or notches.

  3. A single tooth or notch in a serrate edge.

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