gasket
English
Etymology
Perhaps from Middle French gercette (“gasket”), from Old French garce (“young woman”), feminization of garçon.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡæs.kɪt/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
gasket (plural gaskets)
- Any mechanical seal that serves to fill the space between two objects, generally to prevent leakage between the two objects while under compression.
- 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.
- 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.
Translations
mechanical seal
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See also
Northern Sami
Pronunciation
- (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈkasːkeh(t)/
Verb
gasket
- inflection of gaskit:
- third-person plural present indicative
- second-person singular past indicative
- second-person plural imperative
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