cren·u·late

(krĕn′yə-lĭt, -lāt′) or cren·u·lat·ed (-lā′tĭd)

adj.

Having a margin or contour with shallow, usually rounded notches and projections; finely notched or scalloped: a crenulate leaf; a crenulate coastline.

[New Latin crēnulātus, from crēnula, diminutive of Medieval Latin crēna, notch.]

cren′u·la′tion n.

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crenulation

(ˌkrɛnjʊˈleɪʃən)

1. (Biology) any of the teeth or notches of a crenulate structure

2. (Biology) a crenulate formation

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cren•u•la•tion

(ˌkrɛn yəˈleɪ ʃən)

n.

1. a minute crenation.

2. the state of being crenulate.

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D2 locally formed a steep NW [+ or -] SE trending crenulation cleavage, and small scale subvertical sinistral-verging folds.

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Well developed muscovite psuedomorphs are numerous in the rocks and arranged in the direction of crenulation cleavages in the matrix.

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New species and new records of Platygastrinae and Sceliotrachelinae from Togo (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae)

The crenulation is more symmetrically distributed around the platform and slightly more developed than that of the plastron tubercles, with some of the nodules enlarged and forming small ridges (Figure 4(d)).

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(iii) Crenulations: effect of crenulation cleavage on the main schistosity planes.

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