IndustrialDictionary

Manufacturing

515 entries in this trade.

lace piece

nounManufacturing

The main piece of timber which supports the beak or head projecting beyond the stem of a ship.

laitance

nounManufacturing

The weak top layer of cement and aggregate fines on a concrete surface that stands between a topical coating and the underlying substrate. This laitance layer prevents a bond forming between the topical coating and substrate, whereby it causes delamination of the topical coating as the laitance layer fails first.

lautering

nounManufacturing

The step or process in brewing beer which separates the mash into clear liquid wort and grain.

ledge

nounManufacturing

A piece of timber to support the deck, placed athwartship between beams.

LIGA

nounManufacturing

A manufacturing process involving lithography, electroplating, and molding, used microstructures with a very high aspect ratio.

lights-out

adjectiveManufacturing

Done or performed in the dark because of a fully automated working environment. Often describes night shift or third shift work.

makespan

nounManufacturing

The time difference between the start and finish of a sequence of jobs or tasks.

makeup

nounManufacturing

Replacement; material used to make up for the amount that has been used up.

marabou

nounManufacturing

A kind of thrown raw silk, naturally nearly white, but capable of being dyed without scouring.

marine glue

nounManufacturing

A cementing substance (not actually glue) used for paying seams in ships' decks after they are caulked.

mash

nounManufacturing

Ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort.

mash tun

nounManufacturing

An insulated vessel used in making the mashing process in which grains and water are mixed and heated to produce wort prior to fermentation.

mashout

nounManufacturing

The step or process, in brewing beer, of raising the mash (e.g. by adding hot water to it) to a temperature around 75 °C or 170 °F, so as to stop the enzymatic conversion of starch to fermentable sugar and make the mash and wort more fluid.

mispick

nounManufacturing

A defect in woven fabric in which a yarn across the warp is in the wrong place.

mode

nounManufacturing

In lace-making, a small decorative piece inserted into a pattern.

mule twist

nounManufacturing

cotton yarn in cops, spun on a mule; in distinction from yarn spun on a throstle frame. It was, apparently, more elastic than similar yarns in its era.

narrow

verbManufacturing

To contract the size of, as a stocking, by taking two stitches into one.

nightcap

nounManufacturing

A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.

nip point

nounManufacturing

A point of convergence between two rolling parts, or a rolling part and a stationary part, where all or part of the human body could become trapped and injured.

no-go

adjectiveManufacturing

That should not go (i.e., enter or engage) if the size of the part being measured is properly achieved.

nosehole

nounManufacturing

A small opening in a furnace, before which a globe of crown glass is held and kept soft at the beginning of the flattening process.

OD

nounManufacturing

(of a pipe, tube, or shaft) Initialism of outer diameter or outside diameter.

off-gas

nounManufacturing

Gas produced as a side effect of a chemical reaction, sometimes hazardous.

on the bias

prep phraseManufacturing

Describing the method of cutting fabric diagonally across the grain (so as to make the clothing cling to the body)

openband

adjectiveManufacturing

Right-handed or "Z shaped", with individual fibers pointing up and to the right when the thread, yarn, or rope is vertical.

orange peel

nounManufacturing

An uneven surface resembling orange peel, especially cellulite or an imperfect finish on a spray-painted object such as a car.

orthographically

adverbManufacturing

Using an orthographic projection (a way of showing three-dimensional objects in two-dimensional engineering drawings).

ottoman

nounManufacturing

A fabric with a pronounced ribbed or corded effect, often made of silk or a mixture of cotton and silk-like yarns.

overkill

nounManufacturing

An unnecessary excess of disposal because of too high criteria of inspection.

overlaunch

verbManufacturing

To run the butts or scarphs of planks or pieces of timber to a certain distance beyond the adjacent ones, in order to strengthen the work.

overlock

nounManufacturing

A stitch that sews over the edge of one or two pieces of cloth for edging, hemming or seaming.

overshot

nounManufacturing

A pattern resulting from a plainweave ground fabric and floats of supplemental weft, associated with coverlets in the colonial United States.