Centering
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centering
[′sen·tə·riŋ] (civil engineering)
A curved, temporary support for an arch or dome during a casting or laying operations.
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Centering
A temporary wooden framework placed under vaults and arches to sustain them while under construction; the form was covered with mortar so that the undersurface of the vault showed an impression of the boards used.
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The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.
Centering
an auxiliary device, usually of wood, to temporarily support casings in the construction of such curvilinear stone or reinforced-concrete structures as arches, vaults, and cupolas.
Centering
a machining operation that produces center holes in the end faces of stock. Centering is usually done with a center drill on a centering machine. It is most often performed on long bars, which are held by the centers of a metal-cutting machine tool, such as a lathe. The degree to which the finished surfaces will be coaxial depends on the accuracy of centering.
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