Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flat ring made of rubber or plastic, used as a gasket.
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- noun A
circular gasket , usually made ofrubber .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a gasket consisting of a flat ring of rubber or plastic; used to seal a joint against high pressure
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Examples
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Other features include dual Wavetype brake rotors, ITP Holeshot SR tires front and rear mounted on aluminum wheels, dual removable headlights, and a heavy-duty 520 O-ring chain.
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The O-ring fits snug on the rod and snug against the bottom of the barrel.
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But engineers gradually accepted foam loss as routine, just as they had gradually accepted O-ring damage as routine.
25 years later: How the Challenger disaster brought NASA down to earth 2011
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An adjustable O-ring allows different tone selections, and the Hex is guaranteed not to freeze up, a big deal for northern deer hunters.
Quaker Boy Ridge Runner Hex JayCassell 2009
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There's no point, and if I hear one more person in the media say follow us on Twitter, I just may blow an O-ring.
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It was the victim of an O-ring failure in its right-side rocket booster, believed to have been caused by Florida's unseasonably cold weather that week.
Jim Noles: Twenty-Five Years Ago, We Lost More Than a Space Shuttle Jim Noles 2011
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McAuliffe and six others on board perished as the cameras rolled, victims of stiff O-ring seals and feeble bureaucratic decisions.
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Engineers redesigned the O-ring joints and added a bailout system for the crew's use in an emergency.
25 years later: How the Challenger disaster brought NASA down to earth 2011
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It was the victim of an O-ring failure in its right-side rocket booster, believed to have been caused by Florida's unseasonably cold weather that week.
Jim Noles: Twenty-Five Years Ago, We Lost More Than a Space Shuttle Jim Noles 2011
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An adjustable O-ring allows different tone selections, and the Hex is guaranteed not to freeze up, a big deal for northern deer hunters.
Quaker Boy Ridge Runner Hex JayCassell 2009
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