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Definition
Heavy or non-portable power driven industrial device used for abrading, cutting, drilling, forming, grinding, nibbling, or shaping of a piece of metal or other material. Machine tools (such as lathes) are 'machines that make machines.'
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machine tool is in the Industries, Manufacturing, & Technology subject.
machine tool appears in the definitions of the following terms: hard metal, computer numeric control (CNC) and machining
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