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Ridges carved for strength and beauty, proving that bending a surface makes it tougher.
means Fluting is the technique or result of cutting parallel grooves or ridges into a surface — as on a classical column, a piecrust edge, or a pleated frill — for added strength or decoration.
from From the noun "flute," which came into English from Old French "flaute" and the Provençal "flaüt," names for the musical pipe. The architectural and decorative sense borrows the image directly: the long hollow grooves running down a column resemble a row of flutes laid side by side. So "fluting" the verb is simply the act of making something flute-like — channeled, grooved, hollowed in regular lines.
- column trick
- Greek temple grooves hide stone seams and imply height
- engineering
- Corrugated cardboard is fluting in disguise, absurdly strong
- champagne
- Flutes' narrow shape preserves bubbles longer than wide glasses
- pastry
- Crimping pie edges is technically fluting dough
- machining
- Drill bits flute spirals to eject metal shavings
parthenon — ancient greek temple with 46 fluted doric columns built 447-432 bce in athens
pan pipes — ancient instrument with multiple fluted tubes played in greece, peru, and eastern europe
gothic ribbed vaults — fluted stone ribs spanning cathedral ceilings from 12th century europe