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stackup

stackup noun: a diagram used to calculate the effects of accumulated variation in dimensions and tolerances; the effects thus diagrammed.

Noun

stackup (countable and uncountable, plural stackups)

  1. A diagram used to calculate the effects of accumulated variation in dimensions and tolerances; the effects thus diagrammed.
    • tolerance stackup
    • They failed to account for the tolerance stackup, which cost us a ton of scrap and weeks of lead time.

Forms of stackup

pluralstackups

Origin of stackup

Deverbal from stack up.

Questions about stackup

What does stackup mean?
Stackup means a diagram used to calculate the effects of accumulated variation in dimensions and tolerances; the effects thus diagrammed.
What part of speech is stackup?
Stackup is a noun.
What is the plural of stackup?
The plural of stackup is stackups.

Words near stackup in the dictionary

  1. stacks the deck
  2. stacks up
  3. stacks z's
  4. stackstand
  5. stackstands
  6. stackup
  7. stackups
  8. stacky
  9. stackyard
  10. stackyards
  11. Stacpoole

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