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grooving

grooving

1 9.3
Spiral cuts inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin
  • noun
  • Specialized
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  • The process of grooving the gun barrel enhances the accuracy of the shot.
  • grooving method

Examples

  • Proper grooving inside the barrel allows for smoother bullet passage and improved performance.

  • Innovations in grooving technology have led to better bullet stability in firearms.

  • The key advantage of the grooving is that you can use higher viscosity lubricants.

  • As he explained to Zavala, while their wounds were properly bandaged, his uncanny accuracy had nothing to do with his aim or the pistol's disreputable barrel grooving.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

rifling
vsgrooving
  • Specialized
3 9.8

The cuts inside a gun barrel that make a bullet spin and go straighter

focuses on cutting similar grooves to improve bullet stability rather than emphasizing spin

Compounds

tonguing and grooving plane
  • Specialized
9.9

A hand tool that cuts matching raised edges and slots on boards so they fit together

Surface Forms

grooving singular
groovings plural

Morphology

grooving = groove (transparent) = groove + ing

Formed by the productive suffix '-ing' from the verb 'groove' to denote the action or process of making grooves, which is directly predictable.

Etymology

Grooving comes from groove, which means 'a long, shallow cut', like the tiny tracks on a record. In firearms, grooving is the process of cutting spiral channels inside the barrel to make the bullet spin and fly straighter.