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Definition of Abradable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Abradable
Literary usage of Abradable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Manufacturing Technology Program: U. S. Air Force by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"The process used high frequency (ultrasonic) vibrations of an abradable tool,
which automatically conforms to the work piece and an abrasive slurry to ..."
2. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1894)
"All stones are abradable, and most stones can be made to serve in the active
operations of abrading. The act is so simple that it may be performed by any ..."
3. Handbook of Aboriginal American Antiquities by William Henry Holmes (1919)
"All varieties of stone are abradable, and all stones can be made to serve in the
active operation of abrading. Gritty textured varieties serve for the ..."
4. Bulletin by Geological Society of America (1913)
"... wastage—while the more porous, coarser-grained cement more readily admits
carbonated waters and its friable nature renders it more easily abradable. ..."
5. Dynamic Materials Models in Computer Programs: Workshop Proceedings edited by Lennart Agardh (1998)
"An example of graded materials is an abradable rub strip material used in gas
turbine engines. It is important to know how cracks initiate and evolve in ..."
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