Corrugation
/ˌkɔɹ.əˈɡeɪ.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves. countable, uncountable
"According to the pilot, ships were taking hard punishment in the storm. But from this altitude the corrugations of the seas looked no higher to the eye than the ridges of your palate feel to the tongue."
- 2 the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves wordnet
- 3 washboarding (the appearance of ripples or bumps on a dirt or gravel road) countable, uncountable
- 4 a ridge on a corrugated surface wordnet
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More examples"According to the pilot, ships were taking hard punishment in the storm. But from this altitude the corrugations of the seas looked no higher to the eye than the ridges of your palate feel to the tongue."