HyperDic: crenation

English > 1 sense of the word crenation:
NOUNshapecrenation, scallop, crenature, crenel, crenelleone of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.)
English > crenation: 1 sense > noun 1, shape
MeaningOne of a series of rounded projections (or the notches between them) formed by curves along an edge (as the edge of a leaf or piece of cloth or the margin of a shell or a shriveled red blood cell observed in a hypertonic solution etc.).
Synonymsscallop, crenature, crenel, crenelle
Broadercurve, curved shapeThe trace of a point whose direction of motion changes
Spanishcrenación, crenature
Catalancrenación, crenature

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