packing

packing

1. the packaging of foodstuffs

2. Med

a. the application of a medical pack

b. gauze or other absorbent material for packing a wound

3. any substance or material used to make watertight or gastight joints, esp in a stuffing box

4. Engineering pieces of material of various thicknesses used to adjust the position of a component or machine before it is secured in its correct position or alignment

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packing [′pak·iŋ]

(crystallography)

Arrangement of atoms or ions in a crystal lattice.

(engineering)

stuffing

(engineering acoustics)

Excessive crowding of carbon particles in a carbon microphone, produced by excessive pressure or by fusion particles due to excessive current, and causing lowered resistance and sensitivity.

(geology)

The arrangement of solid particles in a sediment or in sedimentary rock.

(graphic arts)

Paper used as a layer under the image or impression cylinder in letterpress printing or under the plate or blanket in lithographic printing in order to produce suitable pressure.

(metallurgy)

In powder metallurgy, a material in which compacts are embedded during presintering or sintering operations.