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Definition of Fluting
1. Noun. A groove or furrow in cloth etc (particularly a shallow concave groove on the shaft of a column).
Definition of Fluting
1. n. Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle.
Definition of Fluting
1. Verb. (present participle of flute) ¹
2. Noun. (architecture) A decoration consisting of parallel, normally vertical, flutes (grooves) incised into the surface ¹
3. Noun. The act of making such grooves ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fluting
1. a series of parallel grooves [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fluting
Literary usage of Fluting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society by American Philosophical Society (1771)
"fluting attributes (eg, Bell's Figure llh shows two pseudo-fluting scars on the
obverse face plus a single channel flake scar on the same face; ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1899)
"with the dark linee in the solar spectrum ascribed by Rowland to carbon. On August
17th the yellow carbon fluting, which is more difficult than the green ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1890)
"On the Wave-length of the chief fluting seen in the Spectrum of Manganese. ...
I, therefore, suggested that the remnant of this fluting, which is seen in ..."
4. Mechanics Magazine (1825)
"( ) NEW MODE OF fluting. SIR,—As the Art of Turning contributes so much, at
present, to the amusement of many gentlemen, and us the variety of patterns to ..."
5. Handbook of Small Tools: Comprising Threading Tools, Taps, Dies, Cutters by Erik Oberg (1908)
"Sometimes a regular convex cutter is used for fluting taps. ... GRINDING fluting
CUTTERS. In the case of formed cutters with regular milling cutter teeth it ..."
6. American Machinists' Handbook and Dictionary of Shop Terms: A Reference Book by Fred Herbert Colvin, Frank Arthur Stanley (1909)
"... Reamer CUTTERS FOR fluting REAMERS SHELL REAMERS CUTTERS FOR fluting REAMERS
R = Radius of Comer ft A — Am't Cutting Edge is Ahead of Center .oil .016 ..."
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