milling machine
noun1
Business, Engineering, Machining, Manufacturing, Mechanical engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences Idiomatic A machine tool in which a rotating cutter is moved against the workpiece (or vice versa) in order to cut the latter to a desired shape.
- The casting was mounted on a milling machine so that its sides could be squared.
- In equal machining of cylindrical cam's groove, roughcast of cylindrical cam is clamped in revolving spindle of NC milling machine.2009, Bo Zhao, Xipeng Xu, Advances in grinding and abrasive technology XV:
- Related terms
- milling cutter