¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Retightening
1. retighten [v] - See also: retighten
Lexicographical Neighbors of Retightening
Literary usage of Retightening
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Power Transmission by Leather Belting by Robert Thurston Kent (1916)
"... without requiring retightening. The cone belts would fall from the initial
tension of 71 Ib. per inch of width to 33 Ib. in a period of two months, ..."
2. The Factory Management Series (1915)
"After a belt has settled down to regular service, it may not need retightening
oftener than once in three to six months. How often will depend largely on ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1895)
"retightening the first. 4. The division of the pedicle is a most important detail,
to the neglect of which many cases of slipping are due. ..."
4. Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1910)
"one-half the tension in the shirk side of the belt, at the two extremes of the
initial tensions, just before and after retightening. PULLING POWER OF BELTS ..."
5. The American State Reports: Containing the Cases of General Value and by Abraham Clark Freeman (1897)
"After the mast had been shifted, three of the guys had been re- tightened, and
while a crew of men were retightening the fourth or southern guy by means of ..."
6. Scientific Management: A Collection of the More Significant Articles edited by Clarence Bertrand Thompson (1914)
"... cleaning and repairing each belt; the fall in the tension before requiring
retightening; and the time each belt would run without being retightened. ..."
7. Ore Dressing by Robert Hallowell Richards (1906)
"... will then continue to stretch after the first stretching customary with a new
wire rope has passed, and thereby cause frequent stops for retightening. ..."
Other Resources:
