mating parts
31Ortman Key — is a coupling device used to secure two adjacent cylindrical segments of a pressure vessel common in tactical rocket motors. An Ortman Key is made of elongated rectangular metal bar stock, such as steel, and is inserted into juxtaposed anular… …
32flash weld — Resistance type weld in which mating parts are brought together under considerable pressure while a heavy electrical current is passed through the joint to be welded …
33misalignment — [1] general term referring to all types of frame damage caused by accidents. [2] The condition of two mating parts which are not placed in proper alignment …
34spline joint — Two mating parts that have a series of splines around their circumferences, one inner and one outer, to provide a longitudinally movable joint without any circumferential motion …
35depth of engagement — the depth of thread contact measured radially of the mating parts of an external and an internal thread …
36friction top — noun : a top for a container held in place by friction between the mating parts …
37Life Sciences — ▪ 2009 Introduction Zoology In 2008 several zoological studies provided new insights into how species life history traits (such as the timing of reproduction or the length of life of adult individuals) are derived in part as responses to… …
38evolution — evolutional, adj. evolutionally, adv. /ev euh looh sheuhn/ or, esp. Brit., /ee veuh /, n. 1. any process of formation or growth; development: the evolution of a language; the evolution of the airplane. 2. a product of such development; something… …
39joint — /joynt/, n. 1. the place at which two things, or separate parts of one thing, are joined or united, either rigidly or in such a way as to permit motion; juncture. 2. a connection between pieces of wood, metal, or the like, often reinforced with… …
40spider — spiderless, adj. spiderlike, adj. /spuy deuhr/, n. 1. any of numerous predaceous arachnids of the order Araneae, most of which spin webs that serve as nests and as traps for prey. 2. (loosely) any of various other arachnids resembling or… …
