Gasket

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈgæs.kɪt/, SAMPA: /"g{s.kIt/

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Noun

Singular Gasket

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1. Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
2. A material which may be clamped between faces and acts as a static seal. Gaskets may be cut, formed, or molded to the desired configuration. - ASTM
3. Any of a wide variety of seals or packings used between matched machine parts or around pipe joints to prevent the escape of a gas or fluid. - American Heritage Dictionary

Translations

mechanical seal

Arabic: حَشِيّة ar(ar) (Hashíyya) f. Dutch: pakking nl(nl) f. Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: tiiviste fi(fi) French: joint fr(fr) m. German: Dichtung de(de) f. Italian: guarnizione it(it) f.

Japanese: ガスケット ja(ja) (gasuketto) Latvian: blīve lv(lv) f. Polish: uszczelka f. Russian: уплотнительное устройство ru(ru) (uplotnítel’noje ustrójstvo) n. Swedish: tätning Turkish: conta tr(tr)

See also

• blow a gasket, bust a gasket

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