Look up: lathe

1. lathe
   [n] - machine tool for shaping metal or wood
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2. Lathe
   A machine for shaping a piece of material, such as wood or metal, by rotating it rapidly along its axis while pressing against a fixed cutting or abrading tool.
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3. Lathe
   A machine tool which spins a block of material to perform various operations to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation. See also: Drill Press, Faceplate, Facing, Roughing.
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4. lathe
   that oscillating part of a loom,positioned between the healds and the fell of the cloth,which carries the reed Category: Various industries and crafts • a machine for turning unfired hollow-ware, e.g. cups or vases. Category: Various industries and crafts
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5. Lathe
   Lathe noun [ Anglo-Saxon lǣð . Of. uncertain origin.] Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. [ Written also lath .] Brande & C.
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6. Lathe
   Lathe noun [ Middle English lathe a granary; akin to German lade a chest, Icelandic hlaða a storehouse, barn; but confer also Icelandic löð a smith's lathe. Senses 2 and 3 are perhaps of the same origin as lathe a g...
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7. lathe
   Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. at present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. ... Alternative forms: lath. ... Origin: AS.laeth. Of. Uncertain origin. ... 1. A granary; a barn. ... 2. <machinery> A machine for turning, ...
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8. lathe
   noun machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool
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9. Lathe
   • (n.) Formerly, a part or division of a county among the Anglo-Saxons. At present it consists of four or five hundreds, and is confined to the county of Kent. • (n.) The movable swing frame of a loom, carrying the reed for separating the warp threads and beating up the weft; -- called als...
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10. lathe
    machine tool that performs turning operations in which unwanted material is removed from a workpiece rotated against a cutting tool.[5 related articles]
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11. lathe
    lathe (lā&thstrok;) , machine tool for holding and turning metal, wood, plastic, or other material against a cutting tool to form a cylindrical product or part. It also drills, bores, polishes, grinds, makes threads, and performs other operations. Its principal parts are the headstock (attache...
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12. Lathe
    A lathe is a machine for turning and polishing flat, round, cylindrical, oval, and every intermediate form of body in wood, ivory, metals, etc, the object worked on receiving a rotary motion; it is also used in glass-cutting and earthenware manufacture. It may be turned by the hand, the foot, steam-power, water, electricity etc.
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13. lathe
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lādh Definitions: 1. A motor-driven machine with a rotating shaft that can be fitted with various types of cutting instruments, grinding stone, and polishing wheels; used in finishing and polishing dental appliances.
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14. lathe
    Machine tool, used for turning. The workpiece to be machined, usually wood or metal, is held and rotated while cutting tools are moved against it. Modern lathes are driven by electric motors, which can drive the spindle carrying the workpiece at various speeds. Computer Numerical Control (CNC) lathe...
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15. Lathe
    ) is a machine tool which rotates the workpiece on its axis to perform various operations such as cutting, sanding, knurling, drilling, or deformation with tools that are applied to the workpiece to create an object which has symmetry about an axis of rotation. Lathes are used in woodturning, metalw...
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16. Lathe
    (graphics) In 3D computer graphics, a `lathed` object is a 3D model whose vertex geometry is produced by rotating the points of a spline or other point set around a fixed axis. The lathing may be partial; the amount of rotation is not necessarily a full 360 degrees. The point set providing th...
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17. Lathe
    (county subdivision) A `lathe` (Old English lǽð, Latin lestus) formed an administrative country subdivision of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century. There exists a widespread belief tha...
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18. Lathe
    (metal) and chuck guard. Size is 460 mm swing x 1000 mm between centers A `metal lathe` or `metalworking lathe` is a large class of lathes designed for precisely machining relatively hard materials. They were originally designed to machine metals; however, with the advent of plastics and othe...
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