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surface finishes

surface finishes is the plural of surface finish.

Meaning of surface finish

Noun

surface finish (plural surface finishes)

  1. The quality of a surface, in terms of its roughness, microscopic pattern (lay) and macroscopic pattern (waviness).
    • If the surface finish is rougher that the polished surface of a typical smooth test specimen, the long-life fatigue strength is reduced.2013, N. Dowling, Mechanical Behaviour of Materials, page 485

Questions about surface finishes

What is surface finishes the plural of?
Surface finishes is the plural of surface finish.

Words near surface finishes in the dictionary

  1. surface energies
  2. surface energy
  3. surface etymologies
  4. surface etymology
  5. surface finish
  6. surface finishes
  7. surface gravity
  8. surface integral
  9. surface integrals
  10. surface interval
  11. surface intervals

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