fanfold
English
Etymology
fan + fold
Adjective
fanfold (not comparable)
- Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.
- 2007 November 1, John Schwartz, “Repairing Solar Array Is New Focus of Spacewalk”, in New York Times:
- The problem appears to have started when a guide wire became hung up on one of the long hinges that join the fanfold panels of the array.
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Verb
fanfold (third-person singular simple present fanfolds, present participle fanfolding, simple past and past participle fanfolded)
- (transitive) To fold in this manner.