Definition of True up

1. Verb. Make level, square, balanced, or concentric. "True up the cylinder of an engine"

Exact synonyms: True
Generic synonyms: Adjust, Align, Aline, Line Up
Derivative terms: True

Lexicographical Neighbors of True Up

true sago palm
true sandalwood
true seal
true seals
true senna
true slime mold
true sparrow
true statement
true thirst
true to(p)
true to life
true to life(p)
true to one's colors
true toad
true tulipwood
true up (current term)
true vampire bat
true vertebra
true vocal cord
true vocal fold
true warbler
trueblue
trueblues
trueborn
truebred
trued
truehearted
trueheartedness
trueing
truel

Literary usage of True up

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

1. The Locomotive Up to Date by Charles McShane (1920)
"Clamp on planer face down, and true up top by which tc set. Now turn and true up the face of the valve. Turn over again and clamp on parallel strips, ..."

2. The English Mechanic and World of Science (1885)
"To face, centre, position, drive either way, and cone "off"and " on," and true up with readiness, are a combination tolerably complete. ..."

3. Dyke's Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia by Andrew Lee Dyke (1916)
"Some trimming up with a coarse file or rasp is almost sure to be necessary in lieu of being able to true up the surface in a lathe, but this will only be ..."

4. One Thousand Pointers for Machinists & Engineers by Charles McShane (1897)
"Clamp valve on planer face down and true up top to set by. Now turn over and true up face of valve. Turn over again anil clamp on parallel strips, ..."

5. Plane Trigonometry and Applications by Ernest Julius Wilczynski (1914)
"In other wards, the equation (8) sin 0=0 (in radians) will be true up to five decimal places for all angles which are sufficiently small. ..."

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