Hypertext Webster Gateway: "perforation"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Perforation \Per`fo*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perforation.]
1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through.
--Bacon.
2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. ``Slender
perforations.'' --Sir T. Browne.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
perforation
n 1: a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place
2: a hole made in something; "a perforation of the eardrum"
3: the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for
ease of separation)
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