Clamping vs Clamp - What's the difference?
clamping | clamp |
The act by which something is clamped.
A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
A heavy footstep; a tramp.
(intransitive) To fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp .
* 1897 , (Bram Stoker), (Dracula) Chapter 21
To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump or clomp.
* Thackeray
To hold or grip tightly.
To modify a numeric value so it lies within a specific range.
(UK, obsolete, transitive) To cover (vegetables, etc.) with earth.
As verbs the difference between clamping and clamp
is that clamping is while clamp is (intransitive) to fasten in place or together with (or as if with) a clamp .As nouns the difference between clamping and clamp
is that clamping is the act by which something is clamped while clamp is a brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.clamping
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(en noun)- There are frequent clampings of cars that fail to display a parking permit.
clamp
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(en noun)Derived terms
* clover clamp * nipple clampVerb
(en verb)- As we burst into the room, the Count turned his face, and the hellish look that I had heard described seemed to leap into it. His eyes flamed red with devilish passion. The great nostrils of the white aquiline nose opened wide and quivered at the edge, and the white sharp teeth, behind the full lips of the blood dripping mouth, clamped together like those of a wild beast.
- The policeman with clamping feet.