perforation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: perforation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for perforation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
perforation n a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place a hole made in something; "a perforation of the eardrum" the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Perforation \Per`fo*ra"tion\, n. [Cf. F. perforation.] 1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. --Bacon. 2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. [bd]Slender perforations.[b8] --Sir T. Browne.