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Toothlike formation
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serration
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Serration generally refers to a saw -like appearance or a row of sharp or tooth-like projections. A serrated cutting edge has many small points of contact with the material being cut. By having less contact area than a smooth blade or other edge, the applied ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"condition of being serrated," 1808, noun of state from serrate (adj.).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the condition of being serrated; "the serrations of a city skyline" a row of notches; "the pliers had serrations to improve the grip" a single notch in a row of notches; "one of the serrations was broken off"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Serration \Ser*ra"tion\, n. Condition of being serrate; formation in the shape of a saw. One of the teeth in a serrate or serrulate margin.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context uncountable English) The state of being serrated 2 (context countable English) A set of teeth or notches 3 (context countable English) One of the teeth in a serrated or serrate edge
Usage examples of serration.
One of the disks is movable longitudinally on its shaft, and with the brushes clear of the serrations the clutch is free.
It was multisided, multi-edged, and the edges thereof fuzzy with the added menace of minute, vicious serrations, almost barbs.
In front of them, the mountains were picked out in an extraordinary diamond hard and brilliant radiance, strange luminance backlighting the sharp-toothed serrations of their peaks.
The entire blade, with all its tumbler-activating serrations, extended beyond the tip of the thumb, so it could be inserted easily into the keyway on the door of the motor home.
One composed of soaring spires, jagged, edged with sawlike serrations as if rock had been rendered molten then flung upwards to solidify in flight to form a pattern resembling the gigantic bristles of a monstrous brush.
Zane got out and followed his arrow through the comblike serrations of the building complex.
The serrations resembled those on a bread knife, which then reminded her of the mezzaluna in Susan’.
Armor plate in the form of scales, greened by clinging seaweed laced over the brown serrations, a head which was also armed with hornlike extensions projecting above each wide eye, a snout to gape in a fang-filled mouth .
To cock the hammer in the first place and chamber the first round, you must first rack back the top slide by pinching in with the fingers and thumb of the left hand against its serrations, pulling it back firmly to the rear, and releasing.