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nounfastening two pieces of metal together by softening with heat and applying pressuretype of:
Definition that contains welding
- welder joins pieces of metal by welding them together
- acetylene a colorless flammable gas used chiefly in welding and in organic synthesis
- tacker a worker who fastens things by tacking them (as with tacks or by spotwelding)
- oxyacetylene a mixture of oxygen and acetylene; used to create high temperatures for cutting or welding metals
- spot-welding creating an overlapping joint by welding at small points
- spot welder a welder who does spot welding
- spot-weld each of the welds made by welding at a separate point
- flash welding butt welding by creating an electric arc between the two pieces which melts and joins them; used for joining segments of metal pipe
- boric acid a white or colorless slightly acid solid that is soluble in water and ethanol; used in the manufacture of glass and paper and adhesives and in detergents and as a flux in welding; also used as an antiseptic and food preservative
- butt welding creating a butt joint by welding