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crenation
  1. (biology) The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.
  2. (botany) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.
  3. The condition of being crenate.
  4. Examples:
    1. “Moreover, the present invention will prevent the destruction of red blood cells accelerated by the crenation.”
      “Marine amoebae are not in danger of lysis or crenation because seawater and their cytoplasm are isotonic.”
      “Reversal of sickling and crenation in erythrocytes by the root extract of Fagara zanthoxyloides.”
crenellation
  1. A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.
  2. The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Very pretty towers can be made of white jam-pots with windows and doors and crenellation of gold paper.”
      “After calling in all the local idols and putting them through a shredder, the General directed Filament to begin crenellation.”
      “Hardy asserted himself more boldly outside, where he restored some ornamental towers and crenellation that disappeared years ago.”
crenature
  1. (botany) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; a crenelle.
  2. The state of being crenated or notched.
crenulation
  1. A minute crenation.
  2. The state of being minutely scalloped.
  3. Examples:
    1. “Sporadically developed crenulation occurs on some foliation surfaces as small patches of closely spaced wrinkles.”
      “Some species possess only crenulated growth lines, while in others there is a very strong crenulation, causing a spiral ornament.”
      “The crenulation is thought to post-date movement on the Main Central Thrust, and was probably caused by doming of the window.”
crenel
  1. The space between merlons in a crenelated battlement.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Ramirez ducked behind a crenel, pulling Rakael down with him into an undignified heap.”
      “Leaning into a crenel between two square merlons, Simon took a deep breath of the mild spring air.”
      “More recently, Carrefour invested the crenel of ticketting via the opening of Carrefour Spectacles stands.”
crenate
  1. (chemistry) Any salt or ester of crenic acid
crenelation
  1. Alternative form of crenellation
  2. Examples:
    1. “We lock the gates behind us, admiring for a moment the crenelation of razor wire and a shed piled high with salt.”
      “One shouldn't look for modesty in a business that dubs itself a castle, especially when it's housed in a low-slung single-story affair made of wood, not stone, without a crenelation in sight.”
      “And California's landmass shows more complicated crenelation and topographic variation than are visible from ground-level viewing.”
crenelle
  1. Alternative spelling of crenel
crenellations
  1. plural of crenellation
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The garden was in a yard about thirty meters by sixty, surrounded by the towering curtain wall with inward-facing crenellations.”
      “Tiered on the surrounding hills rose terracotta-roofed buildings surmounted by the beige crenellations of a castle.”
      “You will notice the buttresses, the porch, the crenellations on the walls, and the four light mullioned windows.”
crenelations
  1. plural of crenelation
crenulations
  1. plural of crenulation
  2. Examples:
    1. “This elevated structure extends ventrally in order to produce the marginal crenulations in the ventral part of the shell.”
      “Immediately behind the hump is a series of knuckles or crenulations along the midline.”
      “The crenulations are either dorsally open or represent filled structures.”
crenations
  1. plural of crenation
crenatures
  1. plural of crenature
crenelles
  1. plural of crenelle
crenates
  1. plural of crenate
crenels
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