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back-spotface

back-spotface verb: to spotface from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), spotfaces the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).

Verb

back-spotface (third-person singular simple present back-spotfaces, present participle back-spotfacing, simple past and past participle back-spotfaced)

  1. To spotface from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), spotfaces the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).
    • We won't need any second operation on these parts. We're going to back-counterbore and back-spotface all of these features on the backside.

Noun

back-spotface (plural back-spotfaces)

  1. A spotface that is so made.
    • There's no second operation on these parts. The backside features are all back-counterbores and back-spotfaces.

Forms of back-spotface

Verb
third-person singular presentback-spotfaces
present participleback-spotfacing
past participleback-spotfaced
pastback-spotfaced
Noun
pluralback-spotfaces

Origin of back-spotface

From back- + spotface.

Questions about back-spotface

What does back-spotface mean?
Back-spotface means to spotface from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), spotfaces the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).
What part of speech is back-spotface?
Back-spotface can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of back-spotface?
The past tense of back-spotface is back-spotfaced.

Words near back-spotface in the dictionary

  1. back-slang
  2. back-slangs
  3. back-slappery
  4. back-slapping
  5. back-spelling
  6. back-spotface
  7. back-stabbing
  8. back-stabby
  9. back-stairs
  10. back-stop
  11. back-stops

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