CORRUGATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corrugation mean? 

• CORRUGATION (noun)
  The noun CORRUGATION has 2 senses:

1. a ridge on a corrugated surface

2. the act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves

  Familiarity information: CORRUGATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORRUGATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A ridge on a corrugated surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes

Hypernyms ("corrugation" is a kind of...):

ridge (any long raised strip)

Derivation:

corrugate (fold into ridges)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of shaping into parallel ridges and grooves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("corrugation" is a kind of...):

change of shape (an action that changes the shape of something)

Derivation:

corrugate (fold into ridges)

 Context examples 

A non-threaded shallow draw metal closure that normally has 21 corrugations on the outer edge, which function to engage the container when applied.

(Crown Metal Container Closure, Food and Drug Administration)