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Discover LudwigThe word 'perforated' is correct and commonly used in written English
It is an adjective that means having holes or gaps, usually in a pattern or at regular intervals. Example: The document was printed on perforated paper, making it easy to tear out the pages and file them separately. Other examples: - The perforated design of the metal sheet allowed for better ventilation. - She was delighted to find that the stamps she collected were all perforated. - The dress had a unique pattern of perforated circles that added a touch of modernity to the design. - The perforated edges of the coupons made it easy to detach them from the magazine. - The doctor used a perforated tool to create small holes in the leather for better stitching.
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perforated
adjective
Pierced with holes.
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(Lewis and Lewis 1983, 4) Well, some cheese is singly perforated, some cheese is doubly-perforated, yet other cheese is n-perforated where n equals the number of holes in the cheese.
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 9.12pm BST21:12 10 min: Another scare for Germany, whose high line is perforated when Slimani races on to another through ball, having given Jerome Boateng the slip.
LIKE a kettle near boiling point, the countryside outside Iceland's capital is perforated with vents and geysers letting off steam from the volcanic cauldron simmering just below the island's surface.
But the miners perforated that protective layer with 15,000 injection wells, causing massive contamination.Today, Diamo must work night and day, pumping clean water into the ground through a line of wells to form a hydrological barrier that uses water pressure to keep the worst poisons penned in.
We also offer a unique class called Premium Economy, which is a business-style seat at the same price as BA's full economy fare.RICHARD BRANSONChairman, Virgin AtlanticLondonHidden messageSIR Some time ago I noticed that many pages in each issue of your newspaper are perforated with countless tiny holes.
It consists of a disk with holes around its edge hanging horizontally from a cord, microns above another, similarly perforated plate.
Shunning made-to-order satellite frames, ORSO's technologists use time-saving pegboard boxes perforated with screw-holes five centimetres apart.
IT IS SMALL enough to be held in your hand and looks like an unremarkable chunk of metal perforated with tiny holes, but it is fiendishly hard to make.
Current retinal procedures to repair detachments or rips, for example, may involve several incisions in the eye and stitches to tie off the perforated areas.Using a micro-robot, by contrast, might involve only one incision and smaller surgical instruments.
That is why India and China are now perforated with millions of irrigation wells, each drawing on a common resource.
They have been purposefully perforated, presumably to be strung together.
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