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planishing roll

planishing roll noun: one of the rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness as part of coin manufacture.

Noun

planishing roll (plural planishing rolls)

  1. One of the rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness as part of coin manufacture.
    • Planishing can also be employed where a limited shaping operation is required and where the surface is to be altered or improved . It is also possible to use planishing rolls in sheet metal operations, where again a limited amount of work hardening will be applied1977, R. B. Ross, Handbook of Metal Treatments and Testing

Forms of planishing roll

pluralplanishing rolls

Questions about planishing roll

What does planishing roll mean?
Planishing roll means one of the rolls between which metal strips are passed while cold, to bring them to exactly the required thickness as part of coin manufacture.
What part of speech is planishing roll?
Planishing roll is a noun.
What is the plural of planishing roll?
The plural of planishing roll is planishing rolls.

Words near planishing roll in the dictionary

  1. planished
  2. planisher
  3. planishers
  4. planishes
  5. planishing
  6. planishing roll
  7. planishing rolls
  8. planishings
  9. planism
  10. planisphere
  11. planispheres

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