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core locked

core locked is the simple past and past participle of core lock.

Meaning of core lock

Verb

core lock (third-person singular simple present core locks, present participle core locking, simple past and past participle core locked)

  1. To experience core lock.
    • As testimony during the Safety Board’s June 2005 public hearing on the Pinnacle Airlines accident indicated, neither Bombardier nor GE considered core lock to be a safety-of-flight issue. The manufacturers claimed that engines that passed the screening procedure, with or without grind-in rework...2007 January 9, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.18.2 Core Lock”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Crash of Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N8396A, Jefferson City...

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Adjective

core locked (not comparable)

  1. Affected by core lock.
    • Engines that are found to be core locked are reworked using an in-flight "grind-in" procedure that was designed to remove seal material at the interference location. Engines that undergo grind-in rework are then rescreened for core lock. The grind-in procedure is as follows [...]2007 January 9, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.18.2 Core Lock”, in Aircraft Accident Report: Crash of Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, Bombardier CL-600-2B19, N8396A, Jefferson City...

Questions about core locked

What does core locked mean?
Core locked means affected by core lock.
What is core locked the simple past and past participle of?
Core locked is the simple past and past participle of core lock.
What part of speech is core locked?
Core locked is an adjective.

Words near core locked in the dictionary

  1. core inflation
  2. core inflations
  3. core lane
  4. core lanes
  5. core lock
  6. core locked
  7. core locking
  8. core locks
  9. core loop
  10. core loops
  11. core loss

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