machining center

English

Noun

machining center (plural machining centers)

1. (manufacturing) Any of a class of machine tools with computerized control and actuation, usually and especially of the CNC type.
   1. (manufacturing) Such a machine tool whose primary action is milling as opposed to turning and boring: archetypally, a computerized milling machine rather than a computerized lathe or screw machine.

Hyponyms

(machine tool broadly):

• turning center

(milling center):

• horizontal machining center (HMC)
• vertical machining center (VMC)

Coordinate terms

(milling center):

• lathe
• turning center
• screw machine
• Swiss-turn