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flake Archaeol a. a fragment removed by chipping or hammering from a larger stone used as a tool or weapon b. (as modifier): flake tool flake [flāk] (materials) Dry, unplasticized, cellulosic plastics base. Plastic chip used as feed in molding operations. A small, flat wood particle of predetermined dimensions and uniform thickness, with fiber direction essentially in the plane of the flake. (metallurgy) Discontinuous, internal cracks formed in steel during cooling due usually to the release of hydrogen. Also known as fisheye; shattercrack; snowflake. Fish-scale, flat particles in powder metallurgy. Also known as flake powder. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The washing tank is a long drum with a central shaft, friction-generating paddles, and an auger that pulls PET flake off the bottom. Putting CLP on CARC paint causes the paint to flake off and makes it easier for enemy radar to detect you. A line of plus and equal signs across one of the ink-soaked pieces of paper looks like a rendering of the stations of the cross, lending the work instant gravitas (Untitled, 1992), but the marks are made in correction tape, which has begun to flake off. |
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