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chucking

[′chək·iŋ]
(mechanical engineering)
The grasping of an outsize workpiece in a chuck or jawed device in a lathe.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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