Definition of Crenulation

1. n. A minute crenation.

Definition of Crenulation

1. Noun. A minute crenation. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being minutely scalloped. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Crenulation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Crenulation

crenellation
crenellations
crenelle
crenelled
crenelles
crenelling
crenels
crenic acid
crenocyte
crenocytosis
crenotherapy
crenshaw
crenshaws
crenulate
crenulated
crenulation (current term)
crenulations
creo
creodont
creodonts
creola bodies
creole
creole-fish
creoles
creolian
creolians
creolin
creolins
creolise
creolised

Literary usage of Crenulation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Chivalry by Léon Gautier (1891)
"If there is one error more difficult to eradicate than another it is the antiquity of crenulation. People, particularly those who live in the charming ..."

2. Contributions to Canadian Micro-palæontology by Geological Survey of Canada (1883)
"... the neat crenulation within the dorsal margin (hinge-line) of each valve, which feature corresponds with the delicate and fainter crenulation seen on ..."

3. Bulletins of American Paleontology by Cornell University, Paleontological Research Institution (1895)
"... and crenulation vary extremely in the later forms. These features are very subdued in the earlier representatives. Contrast figures 3 and 33 on plate 5 ..."

4. Transactions of the American Entomological Society by American Entomological Society (1879)
"Claws alike on all the tarsi, each with a small tooth near the middle and under high power a feeble crenulation. Posterior tibias stout, coronary ridge ..."

5. Geology of Oxford and the Valley of the Thames by John Phillips (1871)
"The crenulation is seldom so regular as represented in 6. There is a different set of teeth which seem more allied to megalo- saurus, being very compressed, ..."

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