sliding fit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The frame affords journal bearing to a ring a, having four projections b, to which are a close but easy sliding fit, the steadying jaws c.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The Dutch so, of the other side, with consonants, that they cannot yield the sweet sliding fit for a verse.
From A Defence of Poesie and Poems by Sidney, Philip, Sir
Now end i is caused to rise or lower as follows:—The head d is adjusted by means of its gibs to be a sliding fit on the bar g in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The pins should be on diametrically opposite sides of the arbor, and an easy sliding fit to the holes in the saw, but they should not bind tight.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The shoes or gibs should not bear hard upon the guides, but be an easy sliding fit without lost motion.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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