serration
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- noun
- /səˈreɪʃən/
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serración
- Each serration on the saw blade helps it cut through tough wood effectively.
- serrations in the blade
Examples
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Master jaws are supplied with 1.5-mm by 60-degree V serrations. Circle 287 on Reader Service Card.
Academic text (1997) -
First, there are serrations or comb like structures right where the air first hits the wing.
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See the serration near the tip?
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The blade must have some serration.
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Serration marks are consistent with the saw you found at the scene.
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"He frowned as his eyes traced the familiar serration pattern.
Fiction book (1991) -
So even though they have this enormous kind of puncturing tooth, they do still have a lovely little train of serrations along the back.
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And from the serrations, the width of the cut, the depth... ...approximately 3 inches into the flesh... ...l'd say it matches the other killing pretty close.
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It was multisided, multi-edged, and the edges thereof fuzzy with the added menace of minute, vicious serrations, almost barbs.
Fiction book (1999) -
The chef prefers using a knife with a serration to slice bread more easily.
Synonyms
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Cutting small sharp edges on a gear or saw so parts fit together
Antonyms
How Serrated
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Serration comes from the Latin word serra, which means 'saw'. Think of a knife or a mountain edge with many little saw-like teeth, so serration means a row of notches like on a blade.