0 a device used for making holes in pieces of paper so that they can be fastened together --
1 a small tool for making holes in pieces of paper so that they can be fastened together: --
a heavy-duty hole-punch that can take up to 24 sheets at once.
Many different methods have been used to cancel revenue stamps, including pen cancels, inked handstamps, perforating, embossing, hole punching or simply tearing.
A movie has been recorded inside the microscope showing hopping of individual carbon atoms around a hole punched in a graphene sheet.
That ensures that the server can always contact any of its clients, which is required for hole punching to work properly.
A hole punched in one of the other channels represented a particular position on the page.
Hole punches for industrial volumes (hundreds of sheets) feature very long lever arms, but function identically.
This meant a drop-out on one channel could be tolerated; even a hole punched through the tape with a 0.25in mm hole punch would not cause the read to fail.
The aim is to get the vehicle close enough to the cane so that the hole punch can be used to mark the appropriate square on the card.
A ticket punch resembles a hole punch, differing in that the ticket punch has a longer jaw (or reach) and the option of having a distinctive die shape.