Perforation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Perforation \Per`fo*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perforation.]
     1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through.
        --Bacon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. "Slender


        perforations." --Sir T. Browne.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  24 Moby Thesaurus words for "perforation":
     acupunctuation, acupuncture, bore, boring, broach, drill hole,
     empiercement, fixing, goring, impalement, lancing, penetration,
     piercing, pricking, punching, puncture, puncturing, skewering,
     terebration, transfixation, transfixion, transforation, trepanning,
     trephining