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Definition: CLAMPING |
CLAMPINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Clamp |
Date "CLAMPING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1876. (references) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Gripping, holding or exerting a force on a part. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | The process that establishes a fixed level for the repetitive components of the video signal. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The operation of automatic adjustment of the mean level of a signal, by keeping a given point of the signal at a particular reference level. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Metallurgy | Clamping together with quick-motion clamps or fasteners the various parts of a mould or core box to prevent them from coming apart owing to the pressure of the molten metal when pouring into a mo uld or when ramming the core in the core box. Source: European Union. (references) |
Transportation | Action of binding or pressing two or more parts together so as to hold them firmly. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Clamping cover on cans of cream. Antigo, Wisconsin. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Pakistan | Parents reportedly have given children as offerings to Baba Shah Dola, a shrine in Punjab where the children reportedly are deformed intentionally by clamping a metal form on the head that induces microcephalitis. (references) |
Economic History | Bahrain | Dud checks is another area that the GOB is clamping down on. The BMA increased the penalty for the issuance of dud checks from USD 18.60 to USD 26.50. In its efforts to protect the local market from such practices, the BMA circulates to banks and commercial institutions the names of check abusers with clear instructions to close violators' accounts for a full year. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "CLAMPING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 82.56% of the time. "CLAMPING" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 82.56% | 71 | 39,674 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 13.95% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.33% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.16% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 86 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "CLAMPING": clamping block ♦ clamping circuit ♦ clamping device ♦ clamping jaw ♦ clamping plate ♦ clamping stresses. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "CLAMPING": clamping-down. | |
Ending with "CLAMPING": wheel-clamping. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
nipple clamping | 13 |
clamping device | 8 |
clamping | 7 |
clamping wheel | 6 |
clamping system | 6 |
clamping tool | 5 |
clamping knob | 4 |
clamping elements | 4 |
hydraulic clamping | 3 |
bridge clamping handle lever | 3 |
clamping vacuum | 2 |
clamping cord umbilical | 2 |
clamping magnetic mold | 2 |
clamping fixture quick | 2 |
clamping magnet | 2 |
clamping lever | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CLAMPING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 夹紧 (Clamped). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | upínací zařízení (clamping device). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | sammenspænde, klampning, indspänding (constraining, fixing, fixity), ensilering (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), ensilage (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), afklemning (forcipressure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | vastklemmen, schakeling voor niveauvastlegging, klemmen (pinch), inspanning (tension), inkuiling (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), inkuilen (bury), inklemming (constraining, embedding, encasing, fixing, fixity, housing, restraint), forcipressuur (forcipressure), fixering van het signaalniveau, ensileren (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage, to ensile), ensilage (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tasolukitus, rehunsäilöntä (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), painorehun valmistus (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), painorehun teko (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), lukitus (capture, capturing, interlocking, latching, lock, locking, lock-on), kiilakiinnitys. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | verrouillage (clutching). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | clamping, Einspannen (chuck, clamp in, fit in, harness, insert, put in, rope in), Abklemmung (forcipressure), Einbindung (integration), Einmieten (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage, to clamp, to ensile, to pit), Einsäuern (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage, to ensile), "Festklammern", Einsilieren (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage, to clamp, to ensile, to pit), Verklammern (apply clips to, brace, cotter, link, staple together, to cotter), Einspannung (embedding, encasing, housing, restraint), Klemmen (clamp, jam, jam on, to clamp), Schwarzwerthaltung (d.c. restoring), Silieren (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage, to ensile), Silierung (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), Verkeilen (thrash, wedge), Einsäuerung (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σύσφιγξη (constriction, tightening), σύσφιξη (constriction, crimp, interference, occlusion), συγκράτηση ενός σημείου μιας κυματομορφής σε μια αυθαίρετη στάθμη, συγκράτηση (restraint), σφίγγω (clamp, clasp, clench, clinch, clip, constrict, cramp, enfold, grasp, grip, gripe, squeeze, strangulate, tighten), μανδάλωση στάθμης, πάκτωση (lease), πίεσις διά λαβίδος για αιμόσταση (forcipressure). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szintrögzítõ kapcsolás (clamping circuit). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | clampaggio (forcipressure), stringere (be tight, clasp, clench, clutch, draw up, embrace, enlace, fold, grasp, grip, hug, inlace, make, make it brief, oppress, pinch, press, squeeze, tighten), serraggio (clutching, grab, locking, mounting, supporting), pinzettamento (forcipressure), livellamento (equalization, leveling, levelling), insilatura (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), insilamento (ensilage), insilaggio (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), incastro (dovetail, hollow, joint, recess), grappatura, fissazione (fastening, fixation, fixing, obsession), aggrappatura. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | ". (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ampingclay aperto (abashment, bind, choke, clench, clutch, constriction, crush, grasp, grip, gripe, hug, hustle, jam, jamming, narrowness, perplexity, pinch, screw, shake, squeeze, stricture, tightness). (various references) скреплять ограничение. (various references) reprimición, pinzamiento (forcipressure), nivelación de señal, fijación (attachment, fastening, fixation, fixing), ensilamiento (ensilage, ensilaging, ensiling, silage making, silaging, storino silage), ensilaje (silage), ensilado (ensilage, soilage), engrapado, encastre, empotramiento (anchoring, bedding into stone of concrete, constraining, embedding, encasing, fixing, fixity, housing, keying, keying-in), bloqueo de nivel, apretar (bind, clasp, clench, clutch, constrain, constrict, cramp, fasten, grasp, grip, hug, oppress, pack down, pinch, press, press down, pull, purse, push, push down, quicken, ram, screw, snuggle, squeeze, subtend, tighten, tighten up, turn, turn on). (various references) krampa (clamp, clench, clevis, cramp, embrace, staple). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "CLAMPING": unclamping. (additional references) | |
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"CLAMPING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: campina, Campine, Ciampino, claiping, clambing, clammying, claping, Clapman, clayping, climping, clompingly, clumpingly, Kalimpong, Plampin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "CLAMPING" (pronounced kla"mping) |
| 6 | -l a" m p i ng | lamping. |
| 5 | -a" m p i ng | camping, cramping, damping, ramping, revamping, stamping, tamping, tramping. |
| 4 | -m p i ng | antidumping, bumping, chomping, clumping, crimping, dumping, jumping, limping, lumping, pimping, pumping, romping, scrimping, skimping, slumping, stomping, stumping, swamping, thumping. |
| 3 | -p i ng | aping, backslapping, beeping, bleeping, bookkeeping, burping, capping, carping, Chipping, chirping, chopping, clapping, clipping, coping, copping, creeping, cropping, developing, dipping, draping, dripping, drooping, dropping, eavesdropping, enveloping, equipping, escaping, flapping, flipping, flopping, galloping, gaping, gasping, gossiping, grasping, griping, gripping, groping, grouping, gulping, handicapping, harping, heaping, helping, hoping, hopping, housekeeping, hyping, keeping, kidnaping, kidnapping, landscaping, lapping, leaping, lopping, mapping, moping, mopping, napping, nipping, outstripping, overlapping, overstepping, peacekeeping, peeping, piping, popping, prepping, propping, pulping, raping, rapping, reaping, recapping, recouping, regrouping, reshaping, ripping, roping, safekeeping, sapping, scalping, scooping, scoping, scraping, scrapping, seeping, shaping, shipping, shopping, sidestepping, sipping, skipping, slapping, sleeping, slipping, sloping, snapping, sniping, snooping, sopping, stepping, stereotyping, stooping, stopping, strapping, stripping, swapping, sweeping, swiping, swooping, taping, tapping, tipping, topping, trapping, tripping, trooping, typing, unwrapping, upping, usurping, videotaping, walloping, Wapping, warping, weeping, whipping, whooping, whopping, wiping, Wiretapping, worshipping, wrapping, zapping, zipping. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-g-i-l-m-n-p" | |
-1 letter: calming, camping, lamping, palming, placing. | |
-2 letters: caplin, lacing, laming, lingam, macing, magilp, malign, pacing, paling. | |
-3 letters: acing, algin, align, amnic, aping, campi, claim, clamp, clang, cling, gamic, gamin, lapin, liang, ligan, liman, limpa, linac, linga, magic, malic, manic, milpa, panic, pical, plain, plica. | |
-4 letters: agin, amin, anil, cain, calm, camp, clag, clam, clan, clap. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-g-i-l-m-n-p" | |
+1 letter: emplacing. | |
+2 letters: misplacing, unclamping. | |
+3 letters: complaining, implicating, proclaiming. | |
+4 letters: complicating. | |
+5 letters: accomplishing, campanologies, campanologist, complainingly, contemplating, paleomagnetic, uncomplaining. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 4C 41 4D 50 49 4E 47 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- -- .--. .. -. --. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01001100 01000001 01001101 01010000 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C L A M P I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 004C 0041 004D 0050 0049 004E 0047 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3746354750434841 |
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Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , èínský, èínština, èíòan, kineser, kiinalainen, Chinois, Chinesisch, Κινέζος, κινέζικα, κινέζικοσ, κινέζοσ, σινικόσ, kínai, cinese, 중국, chinês, китайский, китаец, chino, kinesisk |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | 捷克語 , 捷克语, 捷克 , èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, 체", чешский, checo, tjeck |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | 丹麦语, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, 덴마크, dinamarquês, датский, danés, dansk |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | 菏蘭語 , 荷兰语, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, 네덜란", holandês, голландский, holandés, holländsk |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, 핀란", finlandês, finês, финский, finlandés, finés, finsk |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, "랑스, francês, французский, francés, fransk, franska |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, 독일, alemão, немецкий, alemán, tysk |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | 希腊语, 希臘語 , řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, 그리스, grego, греческий, грек, griego, grek |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, ungrare |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | 意大利 , 意大利語 , 意大利语, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, 이탈리아, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italiensk, italienska, italienare |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , korejec, korejština, korejský, Koreaans, coréen, koreanisch, Koreaner, κορεάτικοσ, κορεάτησ, koreai, 한국, coréia, a língua coreana, кореец, корейский, coreano, koreansk |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | 葡萄牙語 , 葡萄牙人 , 葡萄牙语, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, 포르투갈, português, португальский, portugués, portugis |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, 러시아, русский, ruso, ryss |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, 스페인, espanhol, испанский, español, spanska språk, spansk |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | 瑞典語 , 瑞典语, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, 스웨덴, шведский, sueco, svensk |
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