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truing

truing noun: the alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric with its axis. Also the present participle and gerund of true.

Noun

truing (countable and uncountable, plural truings)

  1. The alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric with its axis.
    • The wheel slides are purposely slightly under-compensated, causing the work to approach an oversize condition after several truings.1956, Grits and Grinds, Norton Company, page 41
    • As many as twenty titanium alloy test specimens can be ground between truings.1969, Machinery, Volume 75, Industrial Press, page 78

Also used as

truing is also the present participle and gerund of true.

Forms of truing

pluraltruings

Origin of truing

From true + -ing.

Phrases with truing

Questions about truing

What does truing mean?
Truing means the alignment (and cutting) of a wheel (especially a grinding wheel) such that its surface is concentric with its axis.
What part of speech is truing?
Truing is a noun.
What is the plural of truing?
The plural of truing is truings.

Words near truing in the dictionary

  1. truggy
  2. Trughanacmy
  3. Trugrede
  4. trugs
  5. Truim
  6. truing
  7. truing up
  8. truings
  9. truish
  10. truism
  11. truismatic

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