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back-countersink

verb

Etymology

From back- + countersink.

  1. derived from *sengʷ-✻
  2. derived from *sinkwaną✻
  3. derived from *sinkwan✻
  4. derived from sincan
  5. inherited from synken
  6. prefixed as countersink — “counter + sink”
  7. prefixed as back-countersink — “back- + countersink”

Definitions

  1. To countersink from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a…

    To countersink from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), countersinks the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).

    • We won't need any second operation on these parts. We're going to back-counterbore and back-countersink all of these features on the backside.

  2. A countersink that is so made.

    • There's no second operation on these parts. The backside features are all back-counterbores and back-countersinks.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA