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cold saw [′kōld ‚sȯ]

(mechanical engineering)

Any saw for cutting cold metal, as opposed to a hot saw.

A disk made of soft steel or iron which rotates at a speed such that a point on its edge has a tangential velocity of about 15,000 feet per minute (75 meters per second), and which grinds metal by friction.

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