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Definition of Sheet metal

1. Noun. Sheet of metal formed into a thin plate.

Definition of Sheet metal

1. Noun. Metal worked into a thin, flat sheet, used widely as construction material and raw material for a multitude of industrial products. '''Sheet metal''' is thicker than foil and thinner than plate. ¹

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Literary usage of Sheet metal

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"Being cut from sheet metal, stencils naturally are durable and conveniently handled. The most artistic stencils are those that are laid out by an ..."

2. Bulletin by Federal Board for Vocational Education, United States (1917)
"The course for sheet-metal workers is divided into four units, ... Sheet-metal pattern cutting. UNITS OF INSTRUCTION FOR PIPE FITTERS. ..."

3. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"The geometry of sheet-metal work and of platers' and boiler-makers' work is ... All the works in sheet metal that are bent m one plane only are easily made. ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"Noyes' machine for putting metallic molding« upon combe was ID use more than throe years before the date of plaintiff's invention for attaching sheet metal ..."

5. Descriptions of Occupations by United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Employment Service (1918)
"sheet metal WORKER GROUP BUMPER BAND Description: The duties of the bumper are to use a small power machine known as the bumper ..."

6. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1909)
"While there are other positions and features where sheet metal may be ... The general subject of sheet-metal work for roof coverings, flashings, etc., ..."

7. United States Supreme Court Reports by United States Supreme Court, Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, LEXIS Law Publishing (1901)
"A sheet metal wash-board having a series of raised projections, B, each bounded by ... The claim of the patent is this: "A wash-board of sheet metal, ..."

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