OBTURATING

Verb

obturating

present participle of obturate

Source: Wiktionary


OBTURATE

Ob"tu*rate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obturated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obturating.] [L. obturatus; p.p. of obturare.]

Definition: To stop or close, as an opening; specif., (Ordnance),

Definition: to stop (a gun breech) so as to prevent the escape of gas in firing.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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16 March 2025

SUSPENDED

(adjective) (of undissolved particles in a fluid) supported or kept from sinking or falling by buoyancy and without apparent attachment; “suspended matter such as silt or mud...”; “dust particles suspended in the air”; “droplets in suspension in a gas”


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