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microstamping

microstamping noun: the use of laser technology to engrave a microscopic marking onto the tip of the firing pin and onto the breech face of a firearm, so that spent cartridges give information about the firearm.

Noun

microstamping (uncountable)

  1. The use of laser technology to engrave a microscopic marking onto the tip of the firing pin and onto the breech face of a firearm, so that spent cartridges give information about the firearm.
    • The measure would make California the first state to require that all new semiautomatic weapons be equipped with technology known as microstamping, which imprints microscopic markings as a gun fires.2007 September 24, “An Opportunity for Mr. Schwarzenegger”, in New York Times

Origin of microstamping

From micro- + stamping.

Questions about microstamping

What does microstamping mean?
Microstamping means the use of laser technology to engrave a microscopic marking onto the tip of the firing pin and onto the breech face of a firearm, so that spent cartridges give information about the firearm.
What part of speech is microstamping?
Microstamping is a noun.

Words near microstamping in the dictionary

  1. microsquamule
  2. microsquamules
  3. microstaging
  4. microstamp
  5. microstamped
  6. microstamping
  7. microstamps
  8. microstar
  9. microstars
  10. microstate
  11. microstatement

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