Bushing vs Pushing - What's the difference?
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(mechanical engineering) A type of bearing, a cylindrical lining designed to reduce friction and wear inside a hole, often used as a casing for a shaft, pin or hinge.
(mechanical engineering) An elastic bearing used as a type of vibration isolator, commonly made of rubber. An interface between two parts, damping the movement and the energy transmitted.
(mechanical engineering) A threaded bushing, is a fastener element that is inserted into an object, usually to add a threaded hole in a softer or thin material.
(electrical engineering) A lining for an opening through which a conductor passes, providing insulation and mechanical protection for the conductor.
An adapter for joining pipes of different size.
Dealing illicit drugs, especially to minors.
That pushes forward; pressing, driving.
Aggressively assertive; pushy.
*1890 , (Oscar Wilde), (The Picture of Dorian Gray) , Ch.XV:
*:Mrs. Erlynne, a pushing nobody, with a delightful lisp and Venetian-red hair
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*:There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.