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metal-cutting

metal-cutting

4.8
Tools or machines that cut metal
  • adjective
  • Specialized
translation icon : corte de metal
  • Orders left now is to clean up all the pieces and to do so I use the metal cutting bandsaw and some file and rasps.
  • metal-cutting blade
  • metal-cutting tools

Examples

  • Hypertherm recently redesigned its plasma metal cutting equipment to reduce part count by 27 percent while doubling the number of inputs available.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Although measuring a part when it's clamped into a machining center uses up metal-cutting time, doing so can actually save minutes upstream and downstream of the machining cycle, Rogers said.

    Academic text (2005)
  • In the case of rifles, grooves were produced by a metal cutting tool held on a wooden rod and steered by a hand-wrought helix.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Additionally, Li has developed the utility of a number of advanced signal processing algorithms for mechanical diagnostics of bearings, gears, and metal cutting tools. Ph.D. (1987), University of Wisconsin. James A. Liburdy

    Academic text (2007)
  • For precise work, use a saw equipped with a metal-cutting blade to ensure clean edges.

  • The engineer designed a metal-cutting tool that can easily slice through thick steel sheets.

  • When fabricating metal parts, it's essential to have a metal-cutting machine for accuracy and efficiency.

How Capable

metal-cutting
  • Specialized
4.8
industrial
71 3.5
suitable
172 1.8
unsuitable
20 2.6

Surface Forms

metal-cutting positive

Morphology

metal-cutting = metal + cutting (transparent) = metal + cut + ing

A clear noun + present-participle compound meaning 'for cutting metal', directly inferable from its parts.

Etymology

Metal-cutting is simply made of metal and cutting, so it literally means 'cutting metal'. The part metal comes from an old word meaning 'mine', which helps you think of hard materials from the earth, and cutting shows the tool's job, so metal-cutting means a tool or machine made to cut metal.