Antonyms for machined


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : muh-sheen
Phonetic Transcription : məˈʃin


Definition of machined

Origin :
  • 1540s, "structure of any kind," from Middle French machine "device, contrivance," from Latin machina "machine, engine, military machine; device, trick; instrument" (cf. Spanish maquina, Italian macchina), from Greek makhana, Doric variant of mekhane "device, means," related to mekhos "means, expedient, contrivance," from PIE *maghana- "that which enables," from root *magh- (1) "to be able, have power" (cf. Old Church Slavonic mogo "be able," Old English mæg "I can;" see may (v.)).
  • Main modern sense of "device made of moving parts for applying mechanical power" (1670s) probably grew out of mid-17c. senses of "apparatus, appliance" and "military siege-tower." In late 19c. slang the word was used for both "penis" and "vagina," one of the few so honored. Political sense is U.S. slang, first recorded 1876. Machine age is attested by 1851:
  • The idea of remodelling society at public meetings is one of the least reasonable which ever entered the mind of an agitator: and the notion that the relations of the sexes can be re-arranged and finally disposed of by preamble and resolution, is one of the latest, as it should have been the last, vagary of a machine age. ["The Literary World," Nov. 1, 1851]
  • Machine for living (in) "house" translates Le Corbusier's machine à habiter (1923).
  • As in manufactured : adj made
  • As in manufacture : verb build, produce
Example sentences :
  • The engine parts were in forgings and needed only to be machined.
  • Extract from : « America's Munitions 1917-1918 » by Benedict Crowell
  • It is ductile, is not affected by immersion in sea-water, and can be machined.
  • Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 » by Various
  • Three hundred of these malleable castings are machined in nine hours.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • The difficulty apparently was the result of the sprockets being cast and not machined.
  • Extract from : « Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240 » by Anonymous
  • The part to be turned is a hub casting for an automobile and it is machined in two series of operations.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • The part to be machined is held to the table B either by clamps or in chuck jaws attached to the table.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • Work that is to be turned or bored should first be set so that the part to be machined is about central with the table.
  • Extract from : « Turning and Boring » by Franklin D. Jones
  • It can then be machined with comparative ease and be subsequently hardened or tempered.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 » by Various
  • Valve stem guides and valve stems must be machined very accurately to insure correct action.
  • Extract from : « Aviation Engines » by Victor Wilfred Pag
  • The cam-shafts shown at Figs. 133 and 134, B, are of the latter type, as the cams are machined integrally.
  • Extract from : « Aviation Engines » by Victor Wilfred Pag

Synonyms for machined

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