Setting

Definition: Setting

Setting

Adjective

1. (of a heavenly body) disappearing below the horizon; "the setting sun".

Noun

1. The context and environment in which something is set: "the perfect setting for a ghost story".

2. The state of the environment in which a situation exists; "you can't do that in a university setting".

3. Arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted.

4. The physical position of something; "he changed the setting on the thermostat".

5. A table service for one person; "a place setting of sterling flatware".

6. Mounting consisting of a piece of metal (as in a ring or other jewelry) that holds a gem in place; "the diamond was in a plain gold mount".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "setting" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Chemical Industry

Food & Agriculture

Industry

Metallurgy

Mining

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Synonyms: Setting

Crosswords: Setting

I'm setting the example (Se7en; writing credit: Andrew Kevin Walker)

I'm setting you free (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin)

It was built on an ancient Indian burial ground, and was the setting of Satanic rituals, witch-burnings, and five John Denver Christmas specials (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

You oughta buy yourself a sheet and poke two holes in it and go around setting fires (The Dark at the Top of the Stairs; writing credit: Harriet Frank Jr.; William Inge)

Look, whoever told you this, is setting you up. He's lying (The Sopranos; writing credit: Isabel Clara-Simo; Ramón De España)

It's perfect, it's passion, it's setting me free (Waiting For Tonight; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez)

You're setting up your (Building A Mystery; performing artist: Sarah McLachlan)

Setting Fires for Science (1958)

The Sun Was Setting (1951)

Part 2: Setting Up for Bombing Operation of C-1 Autopilot (1943)

The Setting Son (1930)

In the Land of the Setting Sun (1919)

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Books

• Setting the East Ablaze: Lenin's Dream of an Empire in Asia (Kodansha Globe) (reference)

• Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution (reference)

• Building Garden Ornaments: 24 Do-It-Yourself Projects to Accent Any Setting (Black & Decker Outdoor Home) (reference)

• Goals Bingo: A Program for Middle Junior HS Senior HS for Setting and Accomplishing Goals (reference)

• Performance Counts and Accountability Pays: Holding Learners Accountable in a Business Setting (reference)

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Periodicals

• Setting & Managing Compensation Reference Guide (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Getting Started on Drums featuring Tommy Igoe SETTING UP (reference)

• Setting Sail-Star of India Goe (reference)

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Music

• Like Setting Myself on Fire (reference)

• Setting Sons [Collector's Choice] (reference)

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Consumer Goods

• Delta 22-663 Magna-Set Planer Knife Setting Jigs (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

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A 9 year-old white child is pictured here in a home setting chatting with her mother. The girl is a long-term survivor of massive abdominal surgery at age 3 for neuroblastoma. She is presently disease-free. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

DNA microarray technology is a powerful new research tool that allows scientists to assess the level of expression of a large subset of the 100,000 human genes in a cell or tissue. This technology can quickly produce a snapshot of the genes that are active in a tumor cell, critical information in narrowing the precise molecular causes of a cancer. Two different images available. First is of female lab technician sitting at computer that displays a microarray. The second is a man at same setting. Credit: Bill Branson.

In a laboratory setting, one can observe the presence of multinucleated giant cells along with intranuclear inclusions in cell cultures inoculated with varicella virus. Credit: CDC.

Technician Setting up RCA Television Camera. Credit: NASA.

Resembling a bizarre setting from a science fiction movie, dramatic images sent back by the ... Credit: NASA.

Surface photographs from the Soviet Venera 14 spacecraft. TheVenera 14 lander became the second Venus surface probe to transmit color imagesafter setting down on 5 May 1982. Credit: NASA.

William Musseter setting steel bars to facilitate climbing for observing party Reconnaissance party of William Musseter. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Setting up a Wild T-2 in the dunes. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Oyster setting tanks at the University of Maryland Horn Point Environmental Laboratory on the Choptank River. Used by the Oyster Recovery Partnership, oyster larvae are placed in these tanks for two days, allowing them to set on shells where they stay and continue to grow for the rest of their lives. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Female Canada goose setting on nest. Trying desperately to stay out of sight. Credit: America's Coastlines.

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But conquest is as far from setting up any government, as demolishing an house is from building a new one in the place. (Second Treatise of Government)

They still dream of experimental realisation of their social Utopias, of founding isolated "phalansteres," of establishing "Home Colonies," of setting up a "Little Icaria" -- duodecimo editions of the New Jerusalem -- and to realise all these castles in the air, they are compelled to appeal to the feelings and purses of the bourgeois. (reference)

In any case where a Creditor Clearing Office declines to notify a claim to the Debtor Clearing Office, or to take any step provided for in this Annex, intended to make effective in whole or in part a request of which it has received due notice, the enemy creditor shall be entitled to receive from the Clearing Office a certificate setting out the amount of the claim, and shall then be entitled to prosecute the claim before the courts or to take such other proceedings as may be open to him. (reference)

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Each had an arm round the other, and the setting sun shed a golden halo round their heads, like what one sees in pictures of saints

Before the door in an old chair on rollers, there sat a man with white hair, looking with smiling gaze upon the setting sun.

For a moment she regarded the basin, and then, setting the plug, she filled the bowl a little from the hot faucet, a little from the cold

They alighted out of the coach near a small footpath in a field, and Glumdalclitch setting down my traveling box, I went out of it to walk

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Health

They should be kept in a calm setting and should not be left alone. (references)

For children, most rehabilitation services occur in the school setting. (references)

Additionally, such assessment must consider the child's family setting. (references)

Business

They have a reputation for setting standards. (references)

Carriers specialize in setting up networks and maintaining connections. (references)

Major OEMs are setting up web-based portals for automotive parts suppliers. (references)

Children

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Students in minority areas frequently face a hostile environment in schools that do not provide an ethnically neutral setting. (references)

Greece

The idea of setting up satellite elementary schools near Romani camps has been set aside in favor of the policy of integration (except for preschool centers). (references)

Ireland

A National Disability Authority, with an annual budget of $2.6 million (2.2 million Irish pounds) has responsibility for setting disability standards, monitoring the implementation of these standards, and research and the formulation of disability policy. (references)

Civil Liberties

Egypt

The court repeatedly has delayed setting a trial date, and it appears unlikely that the case will be heard. (references)

India

Sudarshan reportedly also encouraged Christian citizens to free themselves from the strong influence of foreign countries by setting up Indian nationalistic churches. (references)

Switzerland

In a June referendum, voters approved the repeal of a constitutional provision that prevented the Catholic Church from setting up new dioceses without the express consent of the Government. (references)

Economic History

Latvia

Union influence on the wage setting process is limited. (references)

France

Of most concern to foreign companies has been standards setting. (references)

Kazakhstan

The Office of the President takes a leading role in setting economic policy. (references)

Human Rights

Nepal

The rioters were vandalizing and setting fire to buses in protest after a bus hit and killed two students. (references)

United Arab Emirates

In September the Emirate of Sharjah promulgated a "decency" law, or Code of Conduct, setting standards for dress and behavior in public. (references)

Macedonia

In January police physically abused an ethnic Macedonian from Kumanovo who was accused of setting fire to a factory where he was employed. (references)

Indigenous People

South Africa

Traditional leaders and government representatives met several times during the year to discuss the relative roles of traditional leaders and municipal structures with the aim of drafting a legislative amendment setting out these roles. (references)

Minorities

Slovak Republic

In August 2000, SNS Member of Parliament Vitazolslv Moric proposed setting up reservations for Slovak Roma who refuse to assimilate into society. (references)

Macedonia

In June rioters vandalized a Bitola mosque, breaking windows, setting fire to the mosque interior, and breaking open several graves in the adjacent cemetery. (references)

Political Economy

Sudan

It is charged with licensing newspapers, setting press policy, and responding to complaints. (references)

BANGLADESH

A small number of workers in the EPZs skirted prohibitions on forming unions by setting up associations. (references)

RUSSIA

The draft code seeks to diminish the role of government in setting and enforcing labor standards and to move toward more flexible labor markets. (references)

Political Rights

Bhutan

In 1998 the King issued a decree setting out several measures intended to increase the role of the National Assembly in the formation and dissolution of his Government. (references)

Italy

In October 2000, the Senate gave final approval to a constitutional change allowing an estimated 3.9 million Italians abroad to vote, and setting aside 12 seats in the 630-seat Chamber of Deputies and 6 in the 315-seat Senate to represent them. (references)

Trade

Spain

The EU's objectives in setting up a system for issuing green labels are twofold. (references)

Travel

Mauritius

Taxis are equipped with meters, but fares may be negotiated before setting out. (references)

Vietnam

It is recommended to work with an international accounting firm when setting up in Vietnam. (references)

Ghana

It is a common practice to give a business card to most everyone you meet in a business setting, so bring plenty of them. (references)

Women

Jordan

The boy repeatedly struck his sister in the head with a club before covering her body in kerosene and setting it on fire. (references)

Poland

However, in December 2000, the Constitutional Tribunal ruled that the law setting retirement age at 60 for women and 65 for men is discriminatory, as it reduces women's chances for promotion and better pensions. (references)

Greece

To ameliorate the situation, the GSES established two regional employment offices for women in Thessaloniki and Patras in 2000. It also continued to provide vocational training programs for unemployed women and programs to reinforce entrepreneurship, subsidies to women for setting up an enterprise, information and counseling to unemployed women, and it created childcare facilities to assist unemployed women to attend training courses and look for a job. (references)

Worker Rights

Seychelles

There was little flexibility in setting wages. (references)

Afghanistan

An insignificant fraction of the work force has ever labored in an industrial setting. (references)

Cape Verde

However, as the country's largest employer, the Government continued to play the dominant role in setting wages. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "setting": accuracy setting ♦ altimeter setting ♦ angle of wing setting ♦ display setting ♦ Fire setting ♦ interior setting ♦ intermittent retort setting ♦ permanent unit setting ♦ pitch setting of propeller ♦ place setting ♦ Rate Setting and Review ♦ reflected setting ♦ screen setting ♦ setting aside ♦ setting bounds ♦ setting coat ♦ setting copy ♦ setting dog ♦ setting fire ♦ setting forth ♦ setting free ♦ setting hen ♦ setting in ♦ setting in motion ♦ setting in order ♦ setting lotion ♦ setting off ♦ setting on a dog ♦ setting on fire ♦ setting out ♦ setting pole ♦ setting rule ♦ setting stick ♦ setting table ♦ setting up ♦ setting up house ♦ stage setting ♦ standard altimeter setting ♦ trend setting ♦ type setting ♦ wing and backcloth setting ♦ wing setting ♦ zero setting error. Additional references.

Beginning with "setting": setting-aside, setting-but, setting-china, setting-day, setting-down, setting-gel, setting-'integration', setting-off, setting-on-dolphins, setting-out, setting-rule, setting-stick, setting-sun, setting-to-rights, setting-up, Setting-up exercise, setting-up exercises.

Ending with "setting": agenda-setting, goal-setting, hand-setting, non-setting, occasion-setting, off-setting, pace-setting, price-setting, quick-setting, record-setting, re-setting, scene-setting, standard-setting, trend-setting, type-setting, word-setting.

Albanian

suazë (cadre, inset, mounting), sfond (back, backdrop, background, counterpoint, ground, groundwork), vënie në muzikë, radhitje (aligning, alignment, narrative, recap, setting-stick, typesetting), radhim (typesetting), perëndim (decline, evening, occident, recess, West), mjedis (ambience, background, climate, environment, location, medium, milieu, surroundings), kuadër (frame, panel, picture), faqosje (layout), aranzhim (arrangement), ambient (ambience, atmosphere, environment, medium, milieu, surroundings). (various references)

Arabic 

‏محيط (ambience, circumference, circumscription, entourage, environment, medium, milieu, ocean, perimeter, surroundings), ‏وضع حطة, ‏وضع حالة (case, condition, fettle, laid, placement, position, stance, status), ‏غروب الشمس, ‏حضانة بيض, ‏تجهيز الطعام, ‏ترصيع (inlay), ‏عرض (array, bid, breadth, broaden, demo, display, evince, exhibit, expose, exposition, exposure, feature, hang, hang out, hold out, imply, indication, introduction, lineup, mount, offer, offering, overture, pageant, parade, predispose, present, presentation, presenting, produce, proffer, propound, recital, retrace, review, set, set out, show, state, statement, subject, submit, surrey, symptom, trot out, widen, width), ‏ضبط (accuracy, adjust, check, control, dam, detect, exactitude, frame, govern, inspect, measure, monitor, police, preciseness, precision, punctuality, regularize, regulate, regulation, rightness, school, set, square, strictness, test, tune, tuning), ‏خلفية (surroundings), ‏الموسيقى الموضوعة لمسرحية, ‏إطار (cadre, case, casement, casing, frame, framework, framing, rim, scope, stretcher, surroundings). (various references)

Bulgarian 

среда (ambience, background, circle, core, entourage, mean, medium, middle, sphere, surroundings), условия (conditions, norm, state, terms), яйца в полог (set), рамка (casing, flake, frame, framework, holder, hoop, pelmet, rack, rim), костюми, обстановка (environment, scene, situation), обковка (facing, mounting, plate), музика към текст, мизансцен (set up, stage-setting), залязване, залез (decline, ebb, eclipse, set, sunset, twilight), прибори едно лице, постановка (production, staging), декори (scenery, set). (various references)

Chinese 

设置 (intercalate, Intercalated, Intercalating, Set-off). (various references)

Czech

seřízení (regulation), sázení (betting), uspořádání (adjustment, arrangement, collocation, disposal, disposition, make up, makeup, order, organization), kladení. (various references)

Danish

stabilisering (stabilization), størknen, skovningsplads (set-up, side, stand), sætning (sentence), stivnen (solidification), justering (adjuster, adjustment, adjustment device, end-butting, end-trimming, equalising, equalizing, fit, fitting, justification, meter proving, realignment, rigging, trimming, verification), bukning af flige, fiksering (binding, fixation, lock), fixering, formgivning med bundtryk (finish bottoming, forming to size, restriking for sizing), frøanlæg, hærdnen, bændsel, indstilling (adjusting, fit, fitting, setup), positionering (locating, positioning), positionsbestemmelse (locating, positioning), retning i sænke (restriking, straightening, tapping), haerdning (curing, hardening, tempering, toughening). (various references)

Dutch

vatting, montuur (body). (various references)

Esperanto

muntumo. (various references)

Finnish

ympäristö (environment, environs, neighbourhood, surroundings, vicinity), paikanmääritys (locating, positioning), muotissa oikaisu (restriking, straightening, tapping), loppumeistäminen (finish bottoming, forming to size, restriking for sizing), kutomislanka, kovetus (curing), kovettaminen (curing), hedelmän kehittyminen sikiäimestä, harittaminen. (various references)

French

réglage (set-up). (various references)

German

Einstellung (abandonment, accommodation, adjustment, aiming, alignment, attitude, cessation, discontinuation, employment, engagement, enlistment, focusing, justification, modulation, orientation, outlook, recruiting, recruitment, stance, stand, stopping, tuning), Justierung (adjustment, collimation, justification, weighting), Fassung (bulk, circumstances, collectedness, composure, condition, dimension, extend, frame, holder, light fitting, light fixture, Mount, mounting, rim, situation, size, socket, version). (various references)

Greek 

τοποθέτηση (location, lodgment, place, placement, placing). (various references)

Hebrew 

משבצת (brocade, inlay, panel, texture), מסגרת (bordure, compass, frame, framework, ledge, orbit, rim, skeleton, stronghold), תפאורה (decor, decoration, scenery, set), שבוץ (incrustation, inlay, insertion), הצבה (assignment, disposition, placing, posting, stationing), רקע (background, foundation, milieu, situation), סדור (arrangement, clearance, lay down, organization, settlement, type setting), סביבה (company, entourage, environment, locality, midst, milieu, neighbourhood, situation, surrounding, vicinity). (various references)

Hungarian

szedés (at press, harvest, keyboarding, matter, picking, typesetting), szín (color, colour, complexion, drab, dye, face, high colour, hovel, lean-to, pure, scene, scene of action, tint), szabályozás (conditioning, rating, regulation), betűszedés (composition, typesetting), helyrerakás, helyezés (elevation, place, proclamation, putting), hegyezés (pointing), gyümölcsbeérés, foglalat (casing, chasing, digest, faucet, girdle, holder, lamp socket, mount, mounting, socket, summary), fenés (honing, whetting), felszerelés (accessories, accoutrement, accoutrements, apparel, appointments, armature, bag of tricks, device, equipage, equipment, facilities, facility, fitting, fittings, garniture, gear, habiliment, installation, kit, materials, mounting, outfit, pack, paraphernalia, plant, rig, rigging, set, setout, supply, tackle), felállítás (activate, erection, installation, line-up, mounting, pitching, set up, setting up, siting), ereszkedés (settling, slant), elintézés (adjustment, arrangement, dispatch, disposal, fixing), helyzet (aspect, attitude, bearing, footing, juncture, lay, lie, location, occasion, plight, pos, position, predicament, site, situation, stance, state, station, status, things are coming to a crisis), beverés (beating, driving, hammering, plugging), környezet (ambience, clime, entourage, environment, milieu, surroundings), beszegecselés, beosztás (assignment, calibration, classification, disposition, post, rank, rating, scale), beforrás, befoglalás, bedugás, beérett, beállítás (adjustment, approach, focusing, focussing, pointing, presentation, regulation, set, trimming), összeillesztés (articulation, dovetailing, joint, junction, matching, nesting, splice, union), összeforradás (union), díszlet (scene, scenery, set), lecsillapulás, tétel (annunciation, clearance, heading, item, lot, movement, sentence, theme, theorem, thesis), rögzítés (anchorage, crabbing, fastening, fixation, fixing, lashing, locking, stabilization), megszilárdulás (congelation, consolidation, solidification), megkocsonyásodás, megérlelés (maturation), letisztulás (settling), letelepedés (settlement, settling), letelepítés (settle, settling), letét (deposit, trust), lenyugvó, igazítás (fix), lehanyatló, élesítés (arming, whet, whetting), lecsillapítás (settling, tranquillization), leülepedés (settling, subsidence), kiszedés (stripping), kijelölés (alignment, assignment, denotation, designation, setout), kifenés, keret (cadre, cadre personnel, chase, frame, mount, rack, skeleton), köszörülés (grinding, whet, whetting), tevés (putting), illesztés (drive fit, fitting, join, joint, suiting), lenyugvás. (various references)

Indonesian

pematokan (putting pole, setting pole). (various references)

Irish

cur. (various references)

Italian

regolazione (adjustment of average, modulation, regularization, regulation). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

背景 (background, circumstance, scenery), 目立て , 据え付け (fitting, installation, mounting), 書き割り (backdrop, background), 後景 (background), 作曲 (composition), 入り (audience, beginning, capacity, entering, income), 凝結 (coagulation, congealing, curdling, freezing, solidification), 巣引き , セックス産業 (cement, manufacturer of assembled products, savory, semantic, semantics, semaphore, semicolon, semiconductor, semi-double bed, seminar, semiprofessional, semi-tight skirt, sepia, session, set, set position, setting lotion, setup, seven, Seven-Eleven, sex industry, shoulder length hair, three-quarter bed), 場面 (scene). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ぎょうけつ (blood clot, coagulation, congealing, curdle, curdling, freezing, solidification), すびき, すえつけ (fitting, installation, mounting), さっきょく (composition), ばめん (scene), かきわり (backdrop, background), いり (audience, beginning, capacity, entering, expense, income), こうけい (aperture, background, bore, calibre, ecliptic longitude, filial piety, scene, spectacle, successor, the essential point), めたて, セッティング , はいけい (background, circumstance, Dear, scenery). (various references)

Korean 

조정 (adj, Adjusting, Adjustment, fixed, tuning). (various references)

Manx

soiaghey (beset, determine, fix, implant, incursion, installation, let, letting, mounting, pitch, place, plant, posture, repose, seat, set, set up, settle, situate, situation, station, synchronize), lhie (dovetail, hang, lay, lie, lie down, repose, settle, settling, squat), lhejey (perish with cold, quaking, set, shivering), lhejagh (congealable, hardening, numb, shivery, trembling), kiartaghey (accommodate, accommodate arrange, adjust, adjusting, amend, correct, correct as mistake, correction, even out, fix, make, modification, modify, preparation, prepare, qualify, ready, rectification, redress, settle, settling, true). (various references)

Pig Latin

ettingsay.(various references)

Portuguese

endurecimento (furnishings, induration, set). (various references)

Romanian

situaţie (account, berth, billet, case, condition, eminence, footing, location, position, posture, report, site, situation, state), punere (adhibition, application, apposition, laying), poziţie (attitude, bearing, hang, line up, locality, locus, place, position, set, site, situation, stand, standing, standpoint, view), montare (adjustment, assemblage, assembling, assembly, erection, framing, mounting, rigging), instalare (induction, installation, rigging, settlement), instalaţie (appliance, equipment, installation, outfit, plant, rig, service), direcţie (bearing, board, course, departure, direction, directorate, drift, lay, leadership, manager's office, mastership, path, run, set, track, trend, way), cadru (casement, compass, frame, framework, framing, personnel, picture, rim, scenery, skeleton, specialists, still), asfinţit (crepuscule, decline, sunset, twilight, West), aranjare (adjustment, arrangement, arranging, array, collocation, disposition, dressing, trimming), apus (bygone, decline, disappearance, faded, lapsed, occident, sunset, vanished, West), aşezare (collocation, disposal, disposition, dwelling, establishment, hang, house, lay, laying, seating, settlement, system). (various references)

Russian 

установка (adjustment, collocation, erection, fitting, fixing, hold-down, installation, mounting, outfit, set-up, setups, stance), устанавливать установка (install, setting up, setup, stating), регулирование (control, moderation, regulation), разводка зубьев пилы, разметка (sectoring), окружение (ambience, ambit, encirclement, entourage, environment, milieu, round up, surroundings), оправка (mandrel, mounting), оправа (chase, mounting, ring), музыка на слова, заход солнца (sunset), правка (whet), постановка (get up). (various references)

Scottish

leigeil (allowing, milking, raining, setting free). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

stavljanje (application, laying, putting, settling), zalazak sunca (sundown, sunset), postavljanje (installation, lining, padding, placement, quilting, setting up), otvor blende, okolnosti (circumstances, circumstantials, occasions), dekoracije (scenery). (various references)

Spanish

puesta (kitty, putting, stake), ajuste (adjustment, assembly, breaking in, fit, make up, mounting, patch, scaling). (various references)

Swedish

ställa in (adjust, attune, call off, focus, scratch, tune), slutavverkningsbestånd (side, stand), sättning (composition, sag, settlement), sättande (seating), läge (aspect, bearing, case, exposure, footing, lay, lie, locality, location, mode, pass, position, set, site, situation, whereabouts), bändsling, bänsel, bänsling, bakgrund (backcloth, backdrop, background), fixering (fixation, fixing, hang up, stare, staring), fruktsättning, härdning (hardening), infattning (collet,