milling machine
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Pronunciation edit
- enPR: mĭlʹĭng-mə-shēn'
Noun edit
milling machine (plural milling machines)
- (mechanical engineering) 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.
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Coordinate terms edit
- machining center, horizontal machining center, vertical machining center (as CNC milling machines are often called)
- see machine tool § Hyponyms (types of machine tool)
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