press fit

noun

Machinery.

1. assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.

press fit

noun

1. engineering a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other

Other Word Forms

• pressfit adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of press fit¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

For Trump, his public proclamations attacking the press fit into his reality-TV persona.

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There are in general machine work four kinds of fit, as follow: The working or sliding fit; the driving fit; the hydraulic press fit; and the shrinkage fit.

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