Perforated
['pɝfə,retɪd]
Definition
(adj.) having a number or series of holes; 'a perforated steel plate'; 'perforated cancellation'; 'perforated stamp' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Perforate
(a.) Pierced with a hole or holes, or with pores; having transparent dots resembling holes.
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Examples
- A cylindrical tube with a perforated end contained the liquid. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The wet sheets of rubber are cut in square pieces, placed on perforated tin pans and loaded into the dryer, which will hold about eight hundred pounds of rubber. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The precipice on the opposite side of the canyon is well perforated with the small holes they dug in the rock to live in. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- To this end the burner portion through which the wick passed was perforated at its base to create a proper draft, and later the cap over the base was also perforated. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Instead of punching Morse characters in the transmission tape however, it was perforated with a series of small round holes forming Roman letters. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The perforated strips were prepared in thirty minutes by ten persons, and duplicated by nine copyists. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In operation the perforated tape is placed on the transmission drum, and the chemically prepared tape on the receiving drum. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The formula it is desired to evaluate would be communicated to the engine by two sets of perforated cards similar to those used in the Jacquard loom. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- For small transactions the various provinces were using perforated zinc and brass cash, but for larger there was nothing but stamped ingots of silver. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There were also flint implements and perforated sea-shells, used no doubt as ornaments. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In Fig. 290 is seen a modern form of Jacquard loom, showing at the far end the chain of perforated cards. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The yarns, which are wound around bobbins, are drawn from them through perforated plates, these so placed that the yarns converge together and pass into a tube. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The perforated paper was prepared at the rate of twenty words per minute. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The result was his automatic Roman letter system, the basis for which included the above-named general principles of perforated transmission tape and electrochemical decomposition. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- When the transmitting instrument was in operation, the perforated tape was passed over the drum in continuous, progressive motion. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The hollows in which London and Paris lie are both perforated in many places by borings of this nature. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Each of these plates is built up, as shown in detail in Fig. 65, of lead strips corrugated and arranged in layers alternately with flat strips, within perforated leaden cases. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The perforated tubes into which the nickel active material is loaded are made of nickel-plated steel of high quality. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The verticals of the letters were perforated only four holes high, and the four rollers were arranged in pairs, one pair being slightly in advance of the other. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- A metal tube with a perforated lower end is driven down by hammers into the ground, and furnishes a quick and cheap source of water supply. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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