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metal-to-metal

metal-to-metal adjective: designating direct contact between two metal items or elements.

Adjective

metal-to-metal (not comparable)

  1. Designating direct contact between two metal items or elements.
    • Mr. T. Barnabas Daft, of Dublin, has just filed the specification of a patent for an invention which has for its object the forming of spigot and faucet ends upon cast iron pipes, true enough to make “metal to metal” joints without turning and boring.1857 February 14, The Mechanics' Magazine
    • The cars would be all right with their good metal-to-metal brakes and anyway, coming down, they would not be loaded.1929, Ernest Hemingway, A Farewell to Arms, Folio Society, published 2008, page 31

Examples of metal-to-metal in a sentence

  • Rubber shock-absorbing pads and bushes eliminate metal-to-metal contact and rubber springs are used for buffing and drawgear.1946 November and December, “New L.M.S.R. Royal Coaches”, in Railway Magazine, page 371:
  • One of the oldest fittings used in hydraulic systems is the threaded seal metal-to-metal tapered union (Figure 7-1).2010, Ben Watson, Mobile Equipment Hydraulics, page 100:

Questions about metal-to-metal

What does metal-to-metal mean?
Metal-to-metal means designating direct contact between two metal items or elements.
How do you use metal-to-metal in a sentence?
Rubber shock-absorbing pads and bushes eliminate metal-to-metal contact and rubber springs are used for buffing and drawgear.
What part of speech is metal-to-metal?
Metal-to-metal is an adjective.

Words near metal-to-metal in the dictionary

  1. metal-halide lamps
  2. metal-neutral
  3. metal-organic framework
  4. metal-organic frameworks
  5. metal-poor
  6. metal-to-metal
  7. metalacyclic
  8. metalammonia
  9. metalammonium
  10. metalanguage
  11. metalanguages

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