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A muscle short-circuit your face proudly markets as charm.
means Marked with small natural hollows or indentations, as on a smiling cheek, a chin, or the surface of a golf ball.
from From "dimple," a Middle English word for a small hollow, likely a diminutive form related to an older Germanic root meaning a pit or pool — a cousin, possibly, of words for puddles and dips. The exact early trail is faint, but the sense has always been the same: a little dent that catches the light.
- actual cause
- Shortened facial muscle tugging skin inward when smiling
- medical term
- Considered a minor genetic flaw, technically a defect
- often inherited
- Dominant trait passed down through generations
- golf debt
- Dimpled balls fly twice as far
- can fade
- Some dimples vanish as the face ages
for instance
golf ball — standard golf balls have 300-500 dimples that reduce drag and increase lift by up to 50%
dimpled sheet metal — industrial material used in aerospace and automotive since the 1950s to increase rigidity without added weight