clearancen.

Brit.

/ˈklɪərəns/,

/ˈklɪərn̩s/, U.S.

/ˈklɪrəns/

Etymology: formed as clear v. + -ance suffix.

a. The action of clearing, or making clear; a freeing from obscurity, obstruction, encumbrance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun]

keyeOE

undoinga1330

expositiona1340

declarationc1374

declaringc1374

clearingc1380

expoundingc1380

explanationa1382

interpretation1382

exploitingc1390

unfolding1483

explicating1531

explication1537

clearance?1548

elucidation1570

explaining1576

manifestation1576

untwining1577

illustration1581

untwisting1591

eviscerating1599

unclouding1601

enodation1603

opening1611

dilucidation1615

unsnarling1640

declarement1646

enucleation1650

illumination1656

dilucidatinga1660

luciferousness1665

clarifying1677

unravelling1713

disentanglement1751

exegesis1770

disambiguation1827

evisceration1831

keyword1848

clarificationa1866

exponence1880

exponency1880

straightening1900

demystification1964

?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) Pref. sig. Aiiij^v A prophecy is this Apocalipsis called..it is a full clerenes to all the chronicles & moste notable hystories.

1710 T. Blackwell Schema Sacrum Pref. p. iii A particular Consideration and Clearance of those Doctrines.

1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 695 The ship was sent to Gibraltar to..undergo a thorough clearance.

1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air ii. (Stratm.) As some clearance to my density, I fell back upon the letter.

1884 Law Times Reports 15 Mar. 88/2 To effect the clearance of a large property from incumbrances.

1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 193 It does not much matter whether the advantage of arithmetic and algebra is called a clearance or an extension of thought.

b. Association Football, etc. The act of clearing the ball, etc., from one's defensive zone; a kick or stroke which does this: see clear v. 10c; also clearance kick.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres

holding1866

hand-balling1867

left-footer1874

header1875

handball1879

goal kick1881

corner1882

spot kick1884

middle1899

clearance1920

cross-kick1927

cross-pass1929

body swerve1933

open goal1934

headball1936

chip1939

through-ball1956

wall pass1958

outswinger1959

cross1961

overlap1969

blooter1976

hospital pass1978

route one1978

sidefoot1979

top bin1999

ankle-biting2001

1920 Football Favourite 11 Sept. 10/1 Remember, you young full-backs.., that..the quick clearance is the best clearance.

1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. i. 4 A critic.., ready in a second to estimate the worth of a well-judged pass, a run down the touch line,..a clearance kick by back or goalkeeper.

1950 Sport 7 Apr. 8/4 Scott's clearances are just kicks most of the time.

1986 Sunday Tel. 9 Mar. 39/8 Villa..took a 49th minute lead when O'Leary's clearance cannoned off Keown to Walters.

2. spec. The clearing (of land) by the removal of wood, old houses, inhabitants, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land

ridding1347

grubbingc1440

stubbing1445

stockingc1460

assart1534

clotting1601

extirpation1607

shrubbing1611

moling1617

averruncation1656

twitching1799

underbrushing1838

clearance1851

screefing1919

reslashing1934

underscrubbing1935

swidden1955

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > clearing (a place) of people or things

ridding1347

redd1488

riddance1528

scouring1606

clearage1818

clearance1851

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 310/1 The ‘clearances’, as they were called, which took place, some few years back, in the Highlands of Scotland... The strathes and glens of Sutherland have been cleared of their inhabitants.

1874 Sat. Rev. July 82 Cases in which the help of Parliament is asked to enforce clearances of land in large towns.

1883 Athenæum 3 Mar. 275 The story of the Highland clearances deserves to be told.

3. The removal of encumbrances, burdens, obstructions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > of obstructions

clearance1824

1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 22 A general clearance of pollards and brambles.

1831 Cat's Tail 23 You'd have sworn he considered her loss a good clearance.

1854 C. Patmore Betrothal ii, in Angel in House I. 37 This clearance light of all my care.

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 177 A fine scene..as we sometimes witness with the sudden clearance of a storm.

4. The settlement of a debt, or claim; the passing of cheques, etc., through the Clearing House for their settlement.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun]

satisfaction1398

acquittance?a1400

amortizement1439

financec1460

discharge1534

clearing1579

settlement1729

discharging1735

settling1761

liquidation1786

extinguishment1796

amortization1810

service1817

amortizing1840

extinction1845

clearance1858

pay-off1864

admortization1903

society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > specific banking procedures

standing order1619

out-clearing1836

credit transfer1847

clearance1858

resumption1866

money transfer1873

in-clearing1878

wire transfer1878

clearing1883

giro1896

lockbox1957

transfer payment1964

disintermediation1966

reintermediation1970

1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. 163 To prevent disputes by a clearance of the score.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) xi. 148 Many millions in value of such bills are weekly cleared through the London bankers, and these clearances represent a large..amount of these commercial instruments.

a. Commerce. The clearing of a ship at the Custom House. Cf. clear v. 20.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > departure of ship > clearing customs

clearing1683

clearance1731

out-clearancea1777

1731–6 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Clearance (or Clearing) of a ship at the Custom house.

1774 Hull Dock Act 24 At the time of such ship's..clearance or discharge outwards.

1805 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 5 398 A certificate of clearance, with a manifest of her cargo annexed thereto.

1885 Act 48 & 49 Vic. c. 60 §20 Ships..whose last port of clearance or port of destination is in any such possession.

b. Approval, permission (see clear v. 11c); spec. permission (from the control-tower) to land or take off in an aircraft. Originally U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > formal or authoritative permission

authorization1472

ratihabitation1502

ratihabition1516

permit1517

toleration1517

tolerance1539

warrantise1580

clearance1944

society > travel > air or space travel > regulation and control of flying > [noun] > permission to land or take off

clearance1944

1944 Harper's Mag. June 69/1 The policy-makers must be consulted on everything that is not part of the established routine. Getting their okay is known as ‘clearing on policy’ or ‘clearance’.

1953 Time 23 Feb. Clearance (by payment to publishers' societies ASCAP and BMI) was necessary for permission to play a song on the air.

1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose i. 6 I got my clearance from the Tower..and took her off.

1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose i. 6 I..got clearance to let down.

c. The clearing of a person for work involving questions of (national) security. Originally U.S.

ΚΠ

1948 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. XLII. 498 Dismissal of ten State Department employees as ‘security risks’. [Note] It was reported that they could have appealed to the Civil Service Commission for possible clearance for other..government employment.

1948 Chem. & Engin. News 26 July 2200 The question before the commission is the security clearance of..[the] director of the National Bureau of Standards.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Feb. 66/1 I was entitled to full clearance for access to classified information in connection with the work.

1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Apr. 124/3 The company concerned is consulted on the value of the individual being considered for clearance, but the company does not make the clearance decision.

1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 10 When the question of ‘clearance’ for work on the atomic project arose, I explained that if they cleared me it would be necessary for them to clear my wife as well.

1958 J. Cleugh tr. R. Jungk Brighter than Thousand Suns xix. 306 He retained, however, the so-called ‘Q clearance’, which still allowed him access to the most carefully guarded secrets.

a. A clear space.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > [noun] > unobstructed space > for passing or being clear of something

clearance1788

clearway1837

1788 J. Smeaton Quadrant in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 4 The clearance between the body of the globe and its surrounding horizon.

1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 36 The widest part of a chisel should be at its cutting edge, behind which point a clearance taper..should be given.

1906 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 4/1 As for building our 'buses lower down, we will do that as soon as the Commissioner of Police reduces the 10-in. clearance regulation.

1959 Listener 6 Aug. 207/2 He [sc. the driver] made wrong estimates of clearances, distances, speeds.

b. In the steam-engine: the distance between the cylinder-cover and the piston when at the end of its stroke.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > distance between cylinder-cover and piston

clearance1825

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 433 It requires to be double the length of the cylinder, besides..the spaces..occupied by the necessary steps, framing, clearances, etc.

7. A piece of cleared ground, esp. in the backwoods; = clearing n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cleared land

fellingOE

sartc1290

assarta1450

thwaite1628

essart1656

beat-field1808

clearing1817

clearage1827

assartment1829

clearancea1839

burn1839

joom1855

swidden1868

screef1934

screef mark1950

a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) 69 Flowers unfolding gay Adorn the clearance.

1878 W. Black Green Pastures xl. 317 [This forest was] broken up by innumerable clearances.

1882 W. Boyd Note Backwds. Canada The young settler had made a clearance of perhaps two acres, on which, however, the stumps still stood.

8. A certificate that a ship has been cleared on leaving a port (see quot. 1874).

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > clearance certificate

clearance1727

clearage1755

1727 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 283 Last from Dover, as by Clearance from the Officers of his Majesties Customs there.

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 88 All such Clearances or Registers from the Custom-houses, as are ordinarily given..are called for.

1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. xx. 426 A few British ships took stamped clearances.

1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 182 The Clearance is the Certificate of the Custom-House authorities of the last port from which the vessel came, to show that the Custom duties have been paid. The Clearance specifies the cargo and its destination.

9. Clear or net profit. rare.

ΚΠ

1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Trollope).

Compounds

clearance sale n. a sale of goods at reduced prices to effect a clearance of superfluous stock.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > disposal of goods at reduced price

riddance?1542

summer sale1840

drive1866

sale1866

clearance sale1880

bargain-sale1898

riot1968

1880 English Mechanic 6 Feb. p. vii (advt.) Clearance sale of..bicycles.

1925 B. Beetham in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 184 We decided to hold an autumn clearance sale of..general equipment.

Draft additions March 2019

clearance fit n. Engineering a fit between two parts in which the width of the inner part is less than that of the hole or socket into which it has to fit, allowing the parts to slide or rotate easily when assembled.Contrasted with transition fit n. at transition n. Compounds 2 and interference fit n. at interference n. Compounds 2.

ΚΠ

1882 in 2nd Rep. Royal Commissioners Techn. Instr. (1884) V. 229 in Parl. Papers (C. 3981-IV) LXIX. 1 The fit may be (1) a clearance fit; (2) a working fit free from shake; (3) a driving fit, and (4) a shrinking fit.

1955 U.S. Patent 2,728,145 3 These smoothly drilled holes are adapted to provide a clearance fit.

2011 B. R. Fischer Mech. Tolerance (ed. 2) xix. 410 Any fit between an internal and external feature of size may be classified as a clearance fit, a transition fit or an interference fit.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	clearance
释义	clearancen. Brit. /ˈklɪərəns/, /ˈklɪərn̩s/, U.S. /ˈklɪrəns/ Etymology: formed as clear v. + -ance suffix. 1. a. The action of clearing, or making clear; a freeing from obscurity, obstruction, encumbrance. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > [noun] keyeOE undoinga1330 expositiona1340 declarationc1374 declaringc1374 clearingc1380 expoundingc1380 explanationa1382 interpretation1382 exploitingc1390 unfolding1483 explicating1531 explication1537 clearance?1548 elucidation1570 explaining1576 manifestation1576 untwining1577 illustration1581 untwisting1591 eviscerating1599 unclouding1601 enodation1603 opening1611 dilucidation1615 unsnarling1640 declarement1646 enucleation1650 illumination1656 dilucidatinga1660 luciferousness1665 clarifying1677 unravelling1713 disentanglement1751 exegesis1770 disambiguation1827 evisceration1831 keyword1848 clarificationa1866 exponence1880 exponency1880 straightening1900 demystification1964 ?1548 J. Bale Image Bothe Churches (new ed.) Pref. sig. Aiiij^v A prophecy is this Apocalipsis called..it is a full clerenes to all the chronicles & moste notable hystories. 1710 T. Blackwell Schema Sacrum Pref. p. iii A particular Consideration and Clearance of those Doctrines. 1827 R. Southey Hist. Peninsular War II. 695 The ship was sent to Gibraltar to..undergo a thorough clearance. 1847 C. G. F. Gore Castles in Air ii. (Stratm.) As some clearance to my density, I fell back upon the letter. 1884 Law Times Reports 15 Mar. 88/2 To effect the clearance of a large property from incumbrances. 1885 J. Martineau Types Ethical Theory I. 193 It does not much matter whether the advantage of arithmetic and algebra is called a clearance or an extension of thought. b. Association Football, etc. The act of clearing the ball, etc., from one's defensive zone; a kick or stroke which does this: see clear v. 10c; also clearance kick. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > football > association football > [noun] > actions or manoeuvres holding1866 hand-balling1867 left-footer1874 header1875 handball1879 goal kick1881 corner1882 spot kick1884 middle1899 clearance1920 cross-kick1927 cross-pass1929 body swerve1933 open goal1934 headball1936 chip1939 through-ball1956 wall pass1958 outswinger1959 cross1961 overlap1969 blooter1976 hospital pass1978 route one1978 sidefoot1979 top bin1999 ankle-biting2001 1920 Football Favourite 11 Sept. 10/1 Remember, you young full-backs.., that..the quick clearance is the best clearance. 1929 J. B. Priestley Good Compan. i. i. 4 A critic.., ready in a second to estimate the worth of a well-judged pass, a run down the touch line,..a clearance kick by back or goalkeeper. 1950 Sport 7 Apr. 8/4 Scott's clearances are just kicks most of the time. 1986 Sunday Tel. 9 Mar. 39/8 Villa..took a 49th minute lead when O'Leary's clearance cannoned off Keown to Walters. 2. spec. The clearing (of land) by the removal of wood, old houses, inhabitants, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land ridding1347 grubbingc1440 stubbing1445 stockingc1460 assart1534 clotting1601 extirpation1607 shrubbing1611 moling1617 averruncation1656 twitching1799 underbrushing1838 clearance1851 screefing1919 reslashing1934 underscrubbing1935 swidden1955 the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > clearing (a place) of people or things ridding1347 redd1488 riddance1528 scouring1606 clearage1818 clearance1851 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 310/1 The ‘clearances’, as they were called, which took place, some few years back, in the Highlands of Scotland... The strathes and glens of Sutherland have been cleared of their inhabitants. 1874 Sat. Rev. July 82 Cases in which the help of Parliament is asked to enforce clearances of land in large towns. 1883 Athenæum 3 Mar. 275 The story of the Highland clearances deserves to be told. 3. The removal of encumbrances, burdens, obstructions, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > removal or displacement > [noun] > clearing or sweeping away > of obstructions clearance1824 1824 M. R. Mitford Our Village (1863) I. 22 A general clearance of pollards and brambles. 1831 Cat's Tail 23 You'd have sworn he considered her loss a good clearance. 1854 C. Patmore Betrothal ii, in Angel in House I. 37 This clearance light of all my care. 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 177 A fine scene..as we sometimes witness with the sudden clearance of a storm. 4. The settlement of a debt, or claim; the passing of cheques, etc., through the Clearing House for their settlement. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > [noun] satisfaction1398 acquittance?a1400 amortizement1439 financec1460 discharge1534 clearing1579 settlement1729 discharging1735 settling1761 liquidation1786 extinguishment1796 amortization1810 service1817 amortizing1840 extinction1845 clearance1858 pay-off1864 admortization1903 society > trade and finance > financial dealings > banking > [noun] > specific banking procedures standing order1619 out-clearing1836 credit transfer1847 clearance1858 resumption1866 money transfer1873 in-clearing1878 wire transfer1878 clearing1883 giro1896 lockbox1957 transfer payment1964 disintermediation1966 reintermediation1970 1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) IV. 163 To prevent disputes by a clearance of the score. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. (1876) xi. 148 Many millions in value of such bills are weekly cleared through the London bankers, and these clearances represent a large..amount of these commercial instruments. 5. a. Commerce. The clearing of a ship at the Custom House. Cf. clear v. 20. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [noun] > departure of ship > clearing customs clearing1683 clearance1731 out-clearancea1777 1731–6 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Clearance (or Clearing) of a ship at the Custom house. 1774 Hull Dock Act 24 At the time of such ship's..clearance or discharge outwards. 1805 E. H. East Rep. Cases King's Bench 5 398 A certificate of clearance, with a manifest of her cargo annexed thereto. 1885 Act 48 & 49 Vic. c. 60 §20 Ships..whose last port of clearance or port of destination is in any such possession. b. Approval, permission (see clear v. 11c); spec. permission (from the control-tower) to land or take off in an aircraft. Originally U.S. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > formal or authoritative permission authorization1472 ratihabitation1502 ratihabition1516 permit1517 toleration1517 tolerance1539 warrantise1580 clearance1944 society > travel > air or space travel > regulation and control of flying > [noun] > permission to land or take off clearance1944 1944 Harper's Mag. June 69/1 The policy-makers must be consulted on everything that is not part of the established routine. Getting their okay is known as ‘clearing on policy’ or ‘clearance’. 1953 Time 23 Feb. Clearance (by payment to publishers' societies ASCAP and BMI) was necessary for permission to play a song on the air. 1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose i. 6 I got my clearance from the Tower..and took her off. 1958 ‘N. Shute’ Rainbow & Rose i. 6 I..got clearance to let down. c. The clearing of a person for work involving questions of (national) security. Originally U.S. ΚΠ 1948 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. XLII. 498 Dismissal of ten State Department employees as ‘security risks’. [Note] It was reported that they could have appealed to the Civil Service Commission for possible clearance for other..government employment. 1948 Chem. & Engin. News 26 July 2200 The question before the commission is the security clearance of..[the] director of the National Bureau of Standards. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Feb. 66/1 I was entitled to full clearance for access to classified information in connection with the work. 1955 Bull. Atomic Scientists Apr. 124/3 The company concerned is consulted on the value of the individual being considered for clearance, but the company does not make the clearance decision. 1956 A. H. Compton Atomic Quest 10 When the question of ‘clearance’ for work on the atomic project arose, I explained that if they cleared me it would be necessary for them to clear my wife as well. 1958 J. Cleugh tr. R. Jungk Brighter than Thousand Suns xix. 306 He retained, however, the so-called ‘Q clearance’, which still allowed him access to the most carefully guarded secrets. 6. a. A clear space. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [noun] > unobstructed space > for passing or being clear of something clearance1788 clearway1837 1788 J. Smeaton Quadrant in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 4 The clearance between the body of the globe and its surrounding horizon. 1902 P. Marshall Metal Working Tools 36 The widest part of a chisel should be at its cutting edge, behind which point a clearance taper..should be given. 1906 Westm. Gaz. 10 Aug. 4/1 As for building our 'buses lower down, we will do that as soon as the Commissioner of Police reduces the 10-in. clearance regulation. 1959 Listener 6 Aug. 207/2 He [sc. the driver] made wrong estimates of clearances, distances, speeds. b. In the steam-engine: the distance between the cylinder-cover and the piston when at the end of its stroke. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > machine > machines which impart power > engine > steam engine > [noun] > distance between cylinder-cover and piston clearance1825 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 433 It requires to be double the length of the cylinder, besides..the spaces..occupied by the necessary steps, framing, clearances, etc. 7. A piece of cleared ground, esp. in the backwoods; = clearing n. 4. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [noun] > cleared land fellingOE sartc1290 assarta1450 thwaite1628 essart1656 beat-field1808 clearing1817 clearage1827 assartment1829 clearancea1839 burn1839 joom1855 swidden1868 screef1934 screef mark1950 a1839 J. Galt Demon of Destiny (1840) 69 Flowers unfolding gay Adorn the clearance. 1878 W. Black Green Pastures xl. 317 [This forest was] broken up by innumerable clearances. 1882 W. Boyd Note Backwds. Canada The young settler had made a clearance of perhaps two acres, on which, however, the stumps still stood. 8. A certificate that a ship has been cleared on leaving a port (see quot. 1874). ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > ship's papers > [noun] > clearance certificate clearance1727 clearage1755 1727 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 283 Last from Dover, as by Clearance from the Officers of his Majesties Customs there. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 88 All such Clearances or Registers from the Custom-houses, as are ordinarily given..are called for. 1852 G. Bancroft Hist. Amer. Revol. II. xx. 426 A few British ships took stamped clearances. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. vi. 182 The Clearance is the Certificate of the Custom-House authorities of the last port from which the vessel came, to show that the Custom duties have been paid. The Clearance specifies the cargo and its destination. 9. Clear or net profit. rare. ΚΠ 1864 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Trollope). Compounds clearance sale n. a sale of goods at reduced prices to effect a clearance of superfluous stock. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > a public sale > [noun] > disposal of goods at reduced price riddance?1542 summer sale1840 drive1866 sale1866 clearance sale1880 bargain-sale1898 riot1968 1880 English Mechanic 6 Feb. p. vii (advt.) Clearance sale of..bicycles. 1925 B. Beetham in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 184 We decided to hold an autumn clearance sale of..general equipment. Draft additions March 2019 clearance fit n. Engineering a fit between two parts in which the width of the inner part is less than that of the hole or socket into which it has to fit, allowing the parts to slide or rotate easily when assembled.Contrasted with transition fit n. at transition n. Compounds 2 and interference fit n. at interference n. Compounds 2. ΚΠ 1882 in 2nd Rep. Royal Commissioners Techn. Instr. (1884) V. 229 in Parl. Papers (C. 3981-IV) LXIX. 1 The fit may be (1) a clearance fit; (2) a working fit free from shake; (3) a driving fit, and (4) a shrinking fit. 1955 U.S. Patent 2,728,145 3 These smoothly drilled holes are adapted to provide a clearance fit. 2011 B. R. Fischer Mech. Tolerance (ed. 2) xix. 410 Any fit between an internal and external feature of size may be classified as a clearance fit, a transition fit or an interference fit. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1548
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