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  • 41machine tool — machine tooled, adj. a power operated machine, as a lathe, used for general cutting and shaping of metal and other substances. [1860 65] * * * Stationary, power driven machine used to cut, shape, or form materials such as metal and wood. Machine… …

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  • 42V block — a block having a precise V shaped groove for checking the roundness or concentricity of a machine part or the like, or for holding cylindrical pieces of work. * * * …

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  • 43watch — /woch/, v.i. 1. to be alertly on the lookout, look attentively, or observe, as to see what comes, is done, or happens: to watch while an experiment is performed. 2. to look or wait attentively and expectantly (usually fol. by for): to watch for a …

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  • 44concentric — adjective a) Having a common center. Antonym: eccentric. Concentric and eccentric movements are collectively referred to as isotonic (with motion), the antonym of which is isometric (without motion). b) (of a motion) in the direction of… …

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  • 45Concentric tube heat exchanger — Concentric Tube (or Pipe) Heat Exchangers are used in a variety of industries for purposes such as material processing, food preparation and air conditioning.[1] They create a temperature driving force by passing fluid streams of different… …

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  • 46cylinder alignment —    The concentricity of the chamber in a revolver cylinder to the bore of the barrel; the alignment of their axes …

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  • 47concentric — adjective of or denoting circles, arcs, or other shapes which share the same centre. Derivatives concentrically adverb concentricity noun Origin ME: from OFr. concentrique or med. L. concentricus, from con together + centrum centre …

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  • 48parallelism — n 1. coextension, coequality, correspondence, collineation, collaterality; nonconverg ence, nondivergence, concentricity; parallelization, equidistance, concurrence; balance, equipoise, equilibrium; equality, parity, equivalence, par. 2.… …

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  • 49concentric — /kənˈsɛntrɪk / (say kuhn sentrik) adjective having a common centre, as circles or spheres. Also, concentrical. –concentrically, adverb –concentricity /kɒnsənˈtrɪsəti/ (say konsuhn trisuhtee), noun …

  • 50concentric —   a. having a common centre.    ♦ concentricity, n …

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