alligatoring (English, noun)
expansion: alligatoring (uncountable)
Senses:
qualifier: painting
glosses: A pattern of cracking of paint on a surface leaving roughly hexagonal areas of uncracked paint.
tags: uncountable
topics: business
construction
manufacturing
roofing
glosses: The cracking of the surfacing bitumen on a bituminous roof or coating on a SPF roof, producing a pattern of cracks similar to an alligator's hide.
tags: uncountable
topics: business
manufacturing
glosses: A manufacturing defect that can occur during rolling in which the metal sheet splits in half across a plane parallel to the rolling plane, resulting in a shape resembling an alligator mouth.
tags: uncountable
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