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1
a mark or small hole made by a pointed instrument
- during the lesson the boy absentmindedly made perforations in his paper with his pencil
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2
a place in a surface allowing passage into or through a thing
- poked the button through a perforation in the fabric
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“Perforation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perforation. Accessed 5 Dec. 2021.
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The first known use of perforation was in the 15th century
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