Machined

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of machine form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Created by machine, or as though created by machine. not-comparable

    "I don’t believe Lindsay senses the satiric undercurrents beneath the machined ripples of Ballard’s prose."

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"Printing firms around the world are generally willing to pay perhaps a 20-percent premium to buy a printing press from Germany, because the German presses are very solidly built and are machined to exacting tolerances."

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