power press
noun
a press operated by a mechanical, hydraulic, or pneumatic device.
Origin of power press
1First recorded in 1835–45
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How to use power press in a sentence
The matrix or die is placed in a power press and the records pressed from the material used in making the sound records.
The Wonder Book of Knowledge | VariousAt this time also a new Prouty power-press costing $590 was contemplated, the old press being a Washington hand-press.
Birth of a Reformation | Andrew ByersForty are put together in two piles of twenty each and placed an a power press.
It was some years, however, until a power-press was installed.
Birth of a Reformation | Andrew ByersThe power press and the manufacture of paper from wood-pulp (begun in 1854) made possible cheap and abundant reading matter.
The Next Step | Scott Nearing
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