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1. Politics a membership or the right to membership in a legislative or similar body 2. Chiefly Brit a parliamentary constituency 3. the manner in which a rider sits on a horse 4. on seat W African informal (of officials) in the office rather than on tour or on leave seat [sēt] (mechanical engineering) The fixed, pressure-containing portion of a valve which comes into contact with the moving portions of that valve. (ordnance) Support or holder for a mechanism, or for a part of one. To fit correctly in or on a holder, or prepared position, such as to seat a fuse in a bomb, a projectile in the bore of a gun, or a cartridge in a chamber. seat 1. In carpentry, same as seat cut. 2. In plumbing, same as valve seat. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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