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crimp contact

crimp contact

[′krimp ‚kän‚takt]
(electricity)
A contact whose back portion is a hollow cylinder that will accept a wire; after a bared wire is inserted, a swaging tool is applied to crimp the contact metal firmly against the wire. Also known as solderless contact.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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