corrugation

Noun

Meaning

The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

ridge moraine cockle line pleat ruck rumple double channel gather fold scratch flute groove trench
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Antonyms

still increase headland spread flat expand
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Hypernyms

ridge change of shape

Examples

The adjacent Fresnel zone is approximately given by: : The edge corrugation should not be much more than 10% of this width to see a close to ideal Arago spot. Source: Internet

The highest frequency (7554 Hz) was found in the “overblown” condition and n was presumed as one corrugation. Source: Internet

Note, that the 100 µm edge corrugation almost completely removes the central bright spot. Source: Internet

This corrugation gives rise to strong electric field gradients in the near-tip zone (on the order of an atomic radii or less from the tip), which during ionisation deflects ions away from the electric field normal. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

corrugated iron corrugated lens corrugated-fin corrugator corrugator cutis ani corrugator supercilii