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Definition of Chamfer

1. Noun. Two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees.

2. Verb. Cut a bevel on; shape to a bevel. "Bevel the surface"

3. Verb. Cut a furrow into a columns.

Definition of Chamfer

1. n. The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

2. v. t. To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.

Definition of Chamfer

1. Noun. (context: woodworking engineering drafting CAD) an obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) to cut off the edge or corner of something; to bevel ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) to cut a groove in something; to flute ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Chamfer

1. to groove [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: groove

Medical Definition of Chamfer

1. A marginal finish on an extracoronal cavity preparation of a tooth which describes a curve from an axial wall to the cavosurface. Origin: fr. O.Fr. Chanfrein(t), beveled edge (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chamfer

chameleonically chameleonize chameleonized chameleonizes chameleonizing chameleonlike chameleons chameli chamelot chamelots

chameprosopic chamerophyte chamerophytes chamets chametz chamfer (current term) chamfer bit chamfer plane chamfered chamferer

chamferers chamfering chamfers chamfrain chamfrains chamfrein chamfreins chamfret chamfrets chamfron

Literary usage of Chamfer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes on Building Construction: Arranged to Meet the Requirements of the by Henry Fidler, Great Britain Dept. of Science and Art (1891)
"An example of a chamfer thus applied is shown in the plan of the door, Fig. ... STOP chamfer is one in which the chamfer is not carried to the extremity of ..."

2. Practical Sheet Metal Work and Demonstrated Patterns: A Comprehensive Treatise by John Henry Teschmacher (1911)
"PATTERNS FOR THE chamfer AND GORE PIECE OF A TABLET Where a tablet the outer curve of which is ... The chamfer K in elevation is similar to the chamfer K1, ..."

3. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"Gutter, furrow, fluting, chamfer. 4. Strait, arm of the sea, narrow sea. Channel, v- a. Groove, flute, chamfer, cut furrows in, cut channels in. ..."

4. Essentials of Woodworking: A Textbook for Schools by Ira Samuel Griffith (1915)
"Planing a chamfer.— Fig. 69 illustrates a good way to lay out a chamfer. A notch in the back end of the gage- stick holds the pencil in position. ..."

5. The Stones of Venice by John Ruskin (1873)
"... VARIETIES OF chamfer. Let BAG, Fig. LXXII., be the original angle of the wall. Inscribe within it a circle ..."

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