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Definition of Riveting
1. Adjective. Capable of arousing and holding the attention. "A fascinating story"
Definition of Riveting
1. n. The act of joining with rivets; the act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
Definition of Riveting
1. Verb. (present participle of rivet) ¹
2. Adjective. Commanding the attention of spectators. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Riveting
1. rivet [v] - See also: rivet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Riveting
Literary usage of Riveting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"So great ie this difficulty that in hand-riveting much shorter rivets must be used,
... Direct-acting steam-riveting machines give a uniform force, ..."
2. Cassier's Magazine edited by [Anonymus AC02877163] (1900)
"ELECTRIC riveting MACHINERY By F. von Kodolitsch FOR the last two years the writer
has . been experimenting on electric riveting machines, and has finally ..."
3. Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects by Royal Institution of Naval Architects (1860)
"The overlaps of Plating, where double riveting is required, to be not less in
breadth than five times the diameter of the rivets; and where single riveting ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"They arc used for a great variety of mechanical operations, such as drilling,
ramming, hammering, riveting, caulking, boring, screwing, expanding boiler ..."
5. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"Caution students against using taps or dies on parti that may have been casehardened
before trying the piece with a file.) UNIT M-95.—riveting ..."
6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"In the work of riveting another evil long existed. When holes arr punched it is
practically impossible to ensure the exact coincidence of holes in different ..."
7. The Elasticity and Resistance of the Materials of Engineering by William Hubert Burr (1888)
"Hand and Machine riveting. Pneumatic, steam and hydraulic riveting machines have
lately been brought to such a degree of perfection, that machine work is ..."
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