Serration is a saw -like appearance or a row of sharp or tooth-like projections. A serrated cutting edge has many small points of contact with the material being cut. By having less contact area than a smooth blade or other edge, the applied pressure at each point of contact is greater, and the points of contact are at a sharper angle to the material being cut. This causes a cutting action that involves many small splits in the surface of the material being cut, which cumulatively serve to cut the material along the line of the blade.
12-578: [REDACTED] Look up serrata in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Serrata ( serrated (saw-like) in Latin) may refer to: Ora serrata , the serrated junction between the retina and the ciliary body Serrata (bridle) , a kind of hackamore bridle used by Hispanic riders, including in the United States Serrata (gastropod) , a sea snail genus in
24-429: A faster cut, but a plain edge has a cleaner cut. Some prefer a serrated blade on a pocket knife or on an emergency rescue knife, especially with the latter for its increased ability to cut through cords, ropes, and safety belts. Clamp (tool)#Temporary A clamp is a fastening device used to hold or secure objects tightly together to prevent movement or separation through the application of inward pressure . In
36-407: A firmer or tougher outer crust or skin without crushing the softer and more delicate inner crumb or flesh. Serrations give the blade's cutting edge less contact area than a smooth blade, which increases the applied pressure at each point of contact, and the points of contact are at a sharper angle to the material being cut. This causes a cutting action that involves many small splits in the surface of
48-608: A serrated edge, which, somewhat counterintuitively, reduces fraying by reducing the average length of a thread that may be pulled from the edge. A type of serration is also found in airframe shapes used in certain stealth aircraft , which use the jaggedness of the serrated edge to deflect radar signals from seams and edges where a straight, non-serrated edge would reflect radar signals to the source. Screw threads show serration in profile, although they are usually shown in abbreviated or symbolic fashion on mechanical drawings to save time and ink. Brogue shoes are made with serrated edges on
60-497: Is also known as a dentated, sawtooth, or toothed blade. Many such blades are scalloped , having edges cut with curved notches, common on wood saws and bread knives . With kitchen knives, the finer serrated edge is found typically on paring and cheese knives, particularly for slicing harder cheeses like cheddar or Wensleydale. The wider scalloped-edge serrations are found on practically all bread knives and typically on fruit knives. These serrated knives are better able to cut through
72-413: Is commonly seen in the cutting edge on the teeth of some species, usually sharks . However, it also appears on non-cutting surfaces, for example, in botany where a toothed leaf margin or other plant part, such as the edge of a carnation petal, is described as being serrated. A serrated leaf edge may reduce the force of wind and other natural elements. Probably the largest serrations on Earth occur on
84-481: The United Kingdom the term cramp is often used instead when the tool is for temporary use for positioning components during construction and woodworking ; thus a G cramp or a sash clamp but a wheel clamp or a surgical clamp. There are many types of clamps available for many different purposes. Some are temporary, as used to position components while fixing them together, others are intended to be permanent. In
96-554: The family Marginellidae Serrata, Italy , a comune in the Province of Reggio Calabria Sutura serrata , a type of suture in anatomy See also [ edit ] Serrata del Maggior Consiglio , the constitutional process, started in 1297, by which membership of the Great Council of Venice became an hereditary title Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
108-501: The leather pieces, for no known purpose at all other than style. The step clamp and step block assembly in metalworking adopt serration for the purpose of applying clamping pressure from an adjustable position. Humans have used serrated blades since the Mesolithic era, when prehistoric humans made these from flint . A serrated blade has a toothlike rather than a plain edge, and is used on saws and on some knives and scissors . It
120-468: The material being cut, which cumulatively serve to cut the material along the line of the blade. Cuts made with a serrated blade are typically less smooth and precise than cuts made with a smooth blade. Serrated edges can be difficult to sharpen using a whetstone or rotary sharpener intended for straight edges but can be sharpened with ceramic or diamond coated rods. Further, they tend to stay sharper longer than similar straight edges. A serrated blade has
132-579: The skylines of mountains (the Spanish word sierra , as in the Sierra Nevada, means a saw). These occur due to the uneven action of landform edges pushing rock upwards, and the uneven action of erosion . Human uses of serration have copied, and gone beyond, those found in nature. For example, the teeth on a saw or other serrated blade serve a similar cutting or scraping purpose as the serration of an animal tooth. Tailors use pinking shears to cut cloth with
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