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finger tight

finger tight adjective: of a screwed connection, tightened using the fingers, and no tools, to a torque of about 15 to 20 inlb or 1.7 to 2.3 Nm.

Adjective

finger tight

  1. Of a screwed connection, tightened using the fingers, and no tools, to a torque of about 15 to 20 inlb or 1.7 to 2.3 Nm.

Forms of finger tight

alternative formfinger-tight
alternative formfingertight

Questions about finger tight

What does finger tight mean?
Finger tight means of a screwed connection, tightened using the fingers, and no tools, to a torque of about 15 to 20 inlb or 1.7 to 2.3 Nm.
What part of speech is finger tight?
Finger tight is an adjective.

Words near finger tight in the dictionary

  1. finger talking
  2. finger tap
  3. finger taps
  4. finger test
  5. finger tests
  6. finger tight
  7. finger to the wind
  8. finger to the winds
  9. finger tree
  10. finger trees
  11. finger trouble

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