riveting

English

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Verb

riveting

1. present participle and gerund of rivet

Adjective

riveting (comparative more riveting, superlative most riveting)

1. Commanding the attention of spectators.

   a riveting firework display

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Derived terms

• rivetingly
• rivetingness

Translations

commanding the attention

Dutch: boeiend (nl) French: fascinant (fr) Galician: fascinante, engaiolante Polish: fascynujący (pl), wciągający, interesujący (pl), intrygujący, pasjonujący (pl) Spanish: fascinante (es), sugestionador (es)

Noun

riveting (countable and uncountable, plural rivetings)

1. The act of joining with rivets.
2. The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
3. A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
   • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     Principles working upon materials, as lathes, boring, planing, which should guide the choice of the means of supply, mortising, riveting, and screw-cutting machines.

Derived terms

• butt riveting
• chain riveting
• crossed riveting
• double riveting
• lap riveting
• orbital riveting
• riveting set
• snap riveting

Translations

the act of joining with rivets

Galician: remachado Polish: nitowanie (pl) n Romanian: nituire (ro) f Spanish: remachado (es) m

the act of spreading out and clinching the end by beating or pressing

Galician: remachado Polish: nitowanie (pl) n Spanish: remachado (es) m

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