sliding fit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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It is obvious that in a working or sliding fit the enveloped piece must be smaller than that enveloping it, or one piece could not pass within the other.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
But the sides also of the key being a sliding fit they perform driving duty in the same manner as a feather which fits on the sides a, d in Fig.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
A double convex lens, G, is fitted in a brass tube which should have a sliding fit in another shorter and larger tube fastened to the end of the box.
From The Boy Mechanic: Volume 1 700 Things for Boys to Do by Popular Mechanics Co.
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.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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
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