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Antonyms for machining

Grammar : Verb
Spell : muh-sheen
Phonetic Transcription : məˈʃin


Definition of machining

Origin :
  • 1540s, "structure of any kind," from Middle French machine "device, contrivance," from Latin machina "machine, engine, military machine; device, trick; instrument" (cf. Spanish maquina, Italian macchina), from Greek makhana, Doric variant of mekhane "device, means," related to mekhos "means, expedient, contrivance," from PIE *maghana- "that which enables," from root *magh- (1) "to be able, have power" (cf. Old Church Slavonic mogo "be able," Old English mæg "I can;" see may (v.)).
  • Main modern sense of "device made of moving parts for applying mechanical power" (1670s) probably grew out of mid-17c. senses of "apparatus, appliance" and "military siege-tower." In late 19c. slang the word was used for both "penis" and "vagina," one of the few so honored. Political sense is U.S. slang, first recorded 1876. Machine age is attested by 1851:
  • The idea of remodelling society at public meetings is one of the least reasonable which ever entered the mind of an agitator: and the notion that the relations of the sexes can be re-arranged and finally disposed of by preamble and resolution, is one of the latest, as it should have been the last, vagary of a machine age. ["The Literary World," Nov. 1, 1851]
  • Machine for living (in) "house" translates Le Corbusier's machine à habiter (1923).
  • As in manufacture : verb build, produce
Example sentences :
  • The machining has a bad sound, I admit, but for all that the "applications" are enchanting.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Germany » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick
  • This relieves the engineers of the necessity of machining the welded joints.
  • Extract from : « The Boy's Book of New Inventions » by Harry E. Maule
  • The barrels were sent to the Rock Island Arsenal for machining.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • We were very poor; we lived by my machining and what Lovedy could do to help me.
  • Extract from : « The Children's Pilgrimage » by L. T. Meade
  • The total time for machining this flywheel is forty minutes.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • This is used for machining the ends of gasoline engine pistons.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • There is a sort of standing objection to any machining of education.
  • Extract from : « The Salvaging Of Civilisation » by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
  • It may be seen, likewise, that actual work is thus saved in machining.
  • Extract from : « The Preparation of Plantation Rubber » by Sidney Morgan
  • By turning two surfaces at once, the total time for machining the casting is, of course, greatly reduced.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • The tools for machining the hub and sides of the rim are held in a turret mounted on the left-hand head, as shown.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones

Synonyms for machining

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