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core locking

core locking is the present participle and gerund 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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Questions about core locking

What is core locking the present participle and gerund of?
Core locking is the present participle and gerund of core lock.

Words near core locking in the dictionary

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

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