extrusion
nounEtymology Mid-16th century from Latin extrūdere, from ex- (“out”) + trūdere (“to thrust”).
1
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
2
An item formed by the process of extrusion.
- Derived terms
- coextrusion, hydroextrusion, microextrusion, pultrusion
- Related terms
- extrude