O-ring

See also: öring and oring

English

Etymology

O +‎ ring

Noun

O-ring (plural O-rings)

1. A circular gasket, usually made of rubber.
   • 1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Report to the President:

     The O-rings of the Solid Rocket Boosters were not designed to erode.

Translations

circular gasket

• Bulgarian: О-пръ́стен m (O-prǎ́sten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: o型環／o型环 (ōuxínghuán)

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• Finnish: o-rengas
• French: joint torique (fr) m
• German: O-Ring m
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• Polish: O-ring m
• Russian: уплотни́тельное кольцо́ кру́глого сече́ния n (uplotnítelʹnoje kolʹcó krúglovo sečénija), кольцо́ уплотни́тельное кру́глого сече́ния n (kolʹcó uplotnítelʹnoje krúglovo sečénija), О-ринг m (O-ring)
• Spanish: junta tórica f

Anagrams

• Gorin, Ringo, giron, groin