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push fit

British  

noun

  1. engineering another name for sliding fit

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In ordinary machine construction, five classes of fits are used, viz; running fit, push fit, driving fit, forced fit and shrinkage fit.

From Turning and Boring A specialized treatise for machinists, students in the industrial and engineering schools, and apprentices, on turning and boring methods, etc. by Jones, Franklin D.

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