The Collaborative International Dictionary
Machine \Ma*chine"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Machined; p. pr. & vb. n. Machining.] To subject to the action of machinery; to make, cut, shape, or modify with a machine; to effect by aid of machinery; to print with a printing machine.
Machining \Ma*chin"ing\, a.
Of or pertaining to the machinery of a poem; acting or used
as a machine. [Obs.]
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
n. The act or process of machine, of manufacturing or finishing by machine. vb. (present participle of machine English)
Wikipedia
Machining is any of various processes in which a piece of raw material is cut into a desired final shape and size by a controlled material-removal process. The processes that have this common theme, controlled material removal, are today collectively known as subtractive manufacturing, in distinction from processes of controlled material addition, which are known as additive manufacturing. Exactly what the "controlled" part of the definition implies can vary, but it almost always implies the use of machine tools (in addition to just power tools and hand tools).
Machining is a part of the manufacture of many metal products, but it can also be used on materials such as wood, plastic, ceramic, and composites. A person who specializes in machining is called a machinist. A room, building, or company where machining is done is called a machine shop. Machining can be a business, a hobby, or both. Much of modern day machining is carried out by computer numerical control (CNC), in which computers are used to control the movement and operation of the mills, lathes, and other cutting machines.
Usage examples of "machining".
Maybe my friend can con them into taking off the grease and machining a superfinish onto our parts.
Royalt continued into the machining area where the foot lathes, the drills, and the grinders were set on their mounts and benches.
Slim and tapered and beautiful with precision machining, it was smaller than any of the old atomic weapons, but heavy with an entirely different order of destruction.
He'd also made some other minor changes, including moving the bolt handle to the side (an idea he'd borrowed from Roger's eleven-millimeter) and machining a guide onto the rifle bolt to ensure that it followed the proper mechanical path, but the overall effect had been to take a simple plumbing fixture and use it to manufacture the most deadly weapon K'Vaern's Cove had ever seen.
Only about half of the old suppliers are still in business, so we had to find new approved suppliers, for the heat exchanger duct assembly, the lox mating ring, the fuel pump housing, the pump housing machining.
Small machinings of precious white metal and lustrous plastic had been assembled, with neatly soldered busbars, into something which showed purpose and design.
He began machining the metal parts from lightweight magnesium alloy.
Joe learned to fix that by machining from scratch a new rear sight aperture, or peep sight hole, that was smaller than the original, and by taking a couple of thousandths of an inch off the front sight.
I drew up a simple Zippo-type lighter, except that I made it cylindrical instead of flat to simplify the machining, and with a pull-off cap because we didn't have a decent steel spring to hold the usual flip-top in place.
Whereas industrial technology had been driven, to a great extent, by advances in weaponry on Earth -- and Althar, for that matter -- the development of machining on Marduk had been necessitated by something else entirely: water.
Whereas industrial technology had been driven, to a great extent, by advances in weaponry on Earthand Althar, for that matterthe development of machining on Marduk had been necessitated by something else entirely: water.
They required machining to modest tolerances of shape and smoothness, and were set aside on their own section of shelving installed in the fabrication plant.