perforation

perforation

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

perforation (countable and uncountable, plural perforations)

1. The act of perforating or the state of being perforated.
2. Any opening in a solid object.
3. (medicine) An abnormal opening in an organ, such as a rupture.
4. A series of holes punched through something in order to assist in separating parts.
5. (mathematics) That portion of a surface that remains after an open disk is removed from it.

Derived terms

• imperforation
• microperforation
• multiperforation
• nanoperforation
• perforation gauge
• reperforation

 

Translations

any opening in a solid object

Bulgarian: перфорация (bg) f (perforacija) French: perforation (fr) Greek: διάτρηση (el) f (diátrisi), διακόρευση (el) (diakórefsi) Ancient: τρῆμα n (trêma) Italian: perforamento Polish: perforacja (pl) f Swedish: perforering (sv) c

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French

Etymology

From Latin perforātiō.

Pronunciation

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Noun

perforation f (plural perforations)

1. perforation

Related terms

• perforer

Further reading

• “perforation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.