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corrugation

[kawr-uh-gey-shuhn, kor-] / ˌkɔr əˈgeɪ ʃən, ˌkɒr- /


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The wall is lined with thick, vertical grooves, described by Vargas as “almost like a lattice surface because the corrugation is so deep.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

The researchers set out to determine if the corrugation of a dragonfly's wing is a secret ingredient for boosting lift.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2024

But if the order originates with a poultry producer, the boxes are going to be larger, significantly stronger in composition and corrugation and lined with a coating to prevent leakage.

From New York Times • Nov. 28, 2022

A two-hour drive from Rabaul on a road strewn with potholes and corrugation, is the rural health clinic at Warangoi, where nurses report working to the point of exhaustion in desperately under-resourced conditions.

From The Guardian • Apr. 10, 2020

So alum applied to the tip of the tongue does not stop in its action there, but independent of its diffusion it induces cohesion and corrugation over the whole mouth.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus