Clamp
[klæmp]
Definition
(noun.) a device (generally used by carpenters) that holds things firmly together.
(verb.) impose or inflict forcefully; 'The military government clamped a curfew onto the capital'.
(verb.) fasten or fix with a clamp; 'clamp the chair together until the glue has hardened'.
Edited by Linda--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.
(n.) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together.
(n.) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.
(n.) One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.
(n.) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustain the ends of beams.
(n.) A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal for coking.
(n.) A mollusk. See Clam.
(v. t.) To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.
(v. t.) To cover, as vegetables, with earth.
(n.) A heavy footstep; a tramp.
(v. i.) To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
Editor: Lucius
Definition
n. a heavy tread.—v.i. to tread heavily.
n. a piece of timber iron &c. used to fasten things together or to strengthen any framework: any instrument for holding.—v.t. to bind with clamps.
Edited by Katy
Examples
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The bread clamp is simply raised at the edge of the slice of bread, and holds the bread firmly in place. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Bolts or ratchets are inserted through the rail, and clamp the cushion to the wall of the rail. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Close the mouth of the tube with a one-hole rubber stopper in which is fitted a long, narrow tube, and clamp the test tube to an iron support, as shown in Figure 22. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- When the bed is finished, the strips are clamped with steel clamps, the turned-up ends of which firmly grip the sides of the bed, thus preventing warping or spreading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- At K this spring is clamped and insulated from the iron work by two pieces of hard rubber. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The diaphragm A, of thin ferrotype plate, is clamped at its edges between the cap, or mouth-piece, and the handle. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It is merely toppled over, face side upward, clamped side underneath. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- It was clamped to the floor. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- A short piece of the thread was bent in the form of a hairpin, laid in a nickel mould and securely clamped, and then put in a muffle furnace, where it was kept for five hours. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- This--clamping and fastening--explains the necessity for building the bed on its side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The clamping-in is done at great pressure, and the resultant plate has great rigidity and strength. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The frame is slit at the inner horizontal edges, and then folded in such a way as to make individual clamping-jaws for each end-flange. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Many ways of clamping the tire to the rim have been contrived. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The rods to be welded are placed in clamps C C′, C being connected with one terminal of the secondary conductor S, and the movable clamp C′ with the other. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- When the bed is finished, the strips are clamped with steel clamps, the turned-up ends of which firmly grip the sides of the bed, thus preventing warping or spreading. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A short, thin metal plate attached to the ring A on the right hand side clamps the diaphragm in position by resting squarely on the rubber edge of the diaphragm. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- They are then forced along thirty grooves in the steel clamps, which crimp the paper, and on through the crimp. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When the current is switched on, the heating element becomes red and the bread is inserted under the gravity-operated bread clamps on each side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- This is done by building the table without the regular rails, and by having a separate set of rails for each game, which are held in position by clamps and quickly interchanged. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Typist: Ruben