serration
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The initial singles, “Ch-Ching” and “Romeo,” have lush synth orchestration and hum-along hooks; the greatest appeal rests in the singer Caroline Polachek’s jazz-inflected vocals, which fascinate in their agile leaps and slightly mechanical serration.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2016
The mood was jittery, and their laughter had the frantic serration that came with near disaster.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
The crimped borders exhibit different degrees of serration, from the full leaves themselves to a gentle undulating line, which latter sometimes merges into a perfect circle.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by John Tyndall
The coronal suture on this side, below the division, shows serration about equal to that of the abnormal suture; the obliterated portion above this was, so far as can be seen, more simple.
From A Bilateral Division of the Parietal Bone in a Chimpanzee; with a Special Reference to the Oblique Sutures in the Parietal by Aleš Hrdlička
I cannot tell why so called—its small and rounded leaves having nothing like oak leaves about them, except the serration, which is common to half, at least, of all leaves that grow.
From Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by John Ruskin
