perforation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a line of small holes for tearing at a particular place
  2. noun a hole made in something
    • a perforation of the eardrum
  3. noun the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation)

WordNet

Per`fo*ra"tion noun
Etymology
Cf. F. perforation.
Definitions
  1. The act of perforating, or of boring or piercing through. Bacon.
  2. A hole made by boring or piercing; an aperture. "Slender perforations." Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1913