|  crenation 
 
 one 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.)
 • Syn:
 scallop, crenature, crenel, crenelle
 • Derivationally related forms:
 scallop (for: scallop)
 • Hypernyms:
 curve, curved shape
 
 
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