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1. Gasket
   In building, a gasket is the term given to any resilient material used in a joint to prevent leakage. In a door or door frame a strip of resilient material used to provide a tight seal between the door and its frame is known as a gasket.
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2. Gasket
   In nautical terms a gasket is a piece of line used as a sail stop, that is a cord fastened to the sail-yard of a ship, and used to furl or tie up the sail firmly to the yard by wrapping round both.
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3. Gasket
   [sailing] In sailing, gaskets are lengths of rope or fabric used to hold a stowed sail in place. In modern use, the term is usually restricted to square-rigged ships, the equivalent items on yachts being referred to by the more prosaic "sail ties". On most ships, gaskets are made of rope. Th...
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4. gasket
   [n] - seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
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5. gasket
   any material (i.e., paper, cork, asbestos, or rubber) used to seal two essentially stationary surfaces.
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6. Gasket
   A gasket is a flexible strip of material that seals the space between two components to prevent leakage of a gas or fluid between the two objects. There are a further two types of gaskets, rubber gaskets and metal gaskets, which are used to seal varies industry parts from refrigerator doors to parts of an engine.
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7. gasket
   (In a flat plate collector)serves to hold down the cover plate(or plates)and provide a weather-tight seal. Category: Electrical engineering and energy • the mating parts are bolted together with a gasket between their machined faces to ensure a tight seal. Category: Building industry
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8. Gasket
   Gas'ket noun [ Confer French garcette , Italian gaschetta , Spanish cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.] 1. (Nautical) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines;
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9. gasket
   1. A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. ... 2. <mechanics> The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. Any ring or washer of packing. ...
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10. gasket
    noun seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint
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11. Gasket
    • (n.) Any ring or washer of packing. • (n.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket. • (n.) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.
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12. Gasket
    A neoprene rubber material of precise size to fit the 3/8' aluminum groove half of STAR CASE's tongue and groove valance. This provides for better environmental isolation at the critical closure points of the case.
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13. Gasket
    Used between two static surfaces to provide a seal. Made from a variety of deformable materials.
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14. Gasket
    A gasket is a compressible packing piece of paper, rubber, asbestos, or other material, sandwiched between the faces of a metal joint to provide a seal.
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15. gasket
    A loop of line as used to tie up furled sails.
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16. Gasket
    [disambiguation] A gasket is a mechanical seal that fills the space between two mating surfaces. Gasket may also refer to: ...
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