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Definition of Gasket
1. Noun. Seal consisting of a ring for packing pistons or sealing a pipe joint.
Definition of Gasket
1. n. A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.
Definition of Gasket
1. Noun. Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression. ¹
2. Noun. A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration. - [ ASTM] ¹
3. Noun. Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid. - [ American Heritage Dictionary] ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gasket
1. packing for making something fluid-tight [n -S]
Medical Definition of Gasket
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1. A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gasket
Literary usage of Gasket
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"There is a copper-asbestos gasket between the cylinder head and the cylinder block.
There is practically no water pressure on this gasket, but there is a ..."
2. Automotive Repair: Instruction Manual of Repair Jobs by John Calvin Wright (1921)
"If the gasket is to be made of heavy prepared gasket material, a pattern should
be made and the gasket cut out with a sharp knife or with a pair of snips. ..."
3. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1917)
"This stylo of joint was popular before a satisfactory gasket material was found
... On high-pressure water, gas or air lines the gasket area is reduced to a ..."
4. Sanitary Engineering: A Guide to the Construction of Works of Sewerage and by Baldwin Latham (1878)
"The tarred gasket also proves a most effectual agent in preventing the ...
Cement and gasket joints. Failure of joints. Prevention of sand entering newer. ..."
5. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1916)
""The raised face prevents the touching of the outside edges of the flanges, and
the entire premure exerted by the bolts is transmitted to the gasket, ..."
6. The Modern Practice of American Machinists & Engineers: Including the by Egbert Pomeroy Watson (1869)
"Believing as we do that an eight strand gasket is much superior to the ordinary
... 79. trated the gasket itself, and also the principle of laying it up. ..."
7. The Iron Age Directory (1909)
"Garbage Cana— New York Washer & gasket Co.. Brooklyn. ... 'gasket Tubing— Jenkins
Bros.. 7I John St.. New York. gaskets. Alloy. Plain and New York Washer ..."
8. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1920)
"There is a copper-asbestos gasket between the cylinder head and the cylinder block.
There is practically no water pressure on this gasket, but there is a ..."
9. Automotive Repair: Instruction Manual of Repair Jobs by John Calvin Wright (1921)
"If the gasket is to be made of heavy prepared gasket material, a pattern should
be made and the gasket cut out with a sharp knife or with a pair of snips. ..."
10. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1917)
"This stylo of joint was popular before a satisfactory gasket material was found
... On high-pressure water, gas or air lines the gasket area is reduced to a ..."
11. Sanitary Engineering: A Guide to the Construction of Works of Sewerage and by Baldwin Latham (1878)
"The tarred gasket also proves a most effectual agent in preventing the ...
Cement and gasket joints. Failure of joints. Prevention of sand entering newer. ..."
12. Mechanical Equipment of Buildings: A Reference Book for Engineers and Architects by Louis Allen Harding, Arthur Cutts Willard (1916)
""The raised face prevents the touching of the outside edges of the flanges, and
the entire premure exerted by the bolts is transmitted to the gasket, ..."
13. The Modern Practice of American Machinists & Engineers: Including the by Egbert Pomeroy Watson (1869)
"Believing as we do that an eight strand gasket is much superior to the ordinary
... 79. trated the gasket itself, and also the principle of laying it up. ..."
14. The Iron Age Directory (1909)
"Garbage Cana— New York Washer & gasket Co.. Brooklyn. ... 'gasket Tubing— Jenkins
Bros.. 7I John St.. New York. gaskets. Alloy. Plain and New York Washer ..."
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