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yes, but you don't have corrugations on the wing of a butterfly, the leaf of
a tree, or the lace that were used as other illustrative examples in the
dictionary definitions that i quoted; the scalloping is not the corrugations
(since corrugation is clearly a better word for that anyway) but the
rounding effect you get on the edge as a result of corrugations (in the case
of scallops & other shells) or because you go around trimming your lace in
that shape, and so on...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron May" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 10:53 AM
Subject: Re: Scalloped
>
> In a message dated 7/11/2007 2:06:34 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
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> (none of which is usually "corrugated")
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> Now I must differ with you there. If you look at a sheet of corrugated
> steel, you will see a ripple effect of high and low points along the sheet
> of
> metal. This is the same effect when you look at the edge of a Pecten ssp.
> (many
> different shells by the same genus) marine bivalve. If you look directly
> down
> on the sheet or shell, you see high ridges and troughs. The Pecten is the
> physical definition of scallop.
>
> Ron May
> Legacy 106, Inc.
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