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bollarding

bollarding noun: a defect in which a testpiece is deformed into a bollard-like shape.

Noun

bollarding (uncountable)

  1. A defect in which a testpiece is deformed into a bollard-like shape.
    • An excessive film thickness, on the other hand, produces bollarding in which the diameter of the specimen becomes bigger at the ends than at the middle.2006, Jagabanduhu Chakrabarty, Theory of Plasticity

Origin of bollarding

From bollard + -ing.

Questions about bollarding

What does bollarding mean?
Bollarding means a defect in which a testpiece is deformed into a bollard-like shape.
What part of speech is bollarding?
Bollarding is a noun.

Words near bollarding in the dictionary

  1. Bollandists
  2. bollard
  3. bollard condition
  4. bollard pull
  5. bollarded
  6. bollarding
  7. bollards
  8. Bollas
  9. Bolle
  10. bolled
  11. bollen

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