indentern.1
/ɪnˈdɛntə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdɛn(t)ər/ One who indents, covenants, or orders by indent.
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society > law > legal obligation > contract > [noun] > one who is party to > person who enters into contract
contrahent1524
contractor1548
party contractor1644
indenter1648
covenantor1649
contractant1875
proferens1928
society > trade and finance > buying > buyer > [noun] > one who orders goods
indentor1883
indenter1897
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een bespreker,..a Conditioner, or an Indenter.
1897 Manch. Guard. 25 Oct. Cases..where goods indented for..are now wanted for delivery, the indenters coolly offering to pay at the guaranteed rate.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
indentern.2
/ɪnˈdɛntə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈdɛn(t)ər/ Something that produces indentations; spec. a small hard sphere, pyramid, or similar object used for producing an indentation in a solid (as in an indentation test).
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > [noun] > measurement or instruments for determining
sclerometer1879
Scleroscope1907
Shore Scleroscope1908
Brinell1915
hardometer1919
Rockwell1920
indenter1929
society > occupation and work > equipment > marking tools > [noun] > indenter
indenter1929
1929 Proc. Inst. Mech. Engin. i. 384 If only a fraction of the attention..had been devoted to the economical production of high quality cones or pyramids as indenters, they would now be in a more satisfactory position with regard to hardness testing.
1948 Spielmann & Elford Road Making & Administration (ed. 2) vii. 265 Indenters, Crimpers, and Key Cutters are no longer manufactured.
1950 Engineering 4 Aug. 102/3 Mechanical testing..includes..measurement of the shape of impressions made by Knoop hardness indenters.
1966 Nature 28 May 879/1 A hard steel indenter (sphere, cone, or pyramid) was pressed with a known load for a specified time on to the surface of a smooth block of ice.
1971 B. Scharf Engin. & its Lang. iv. 23 All three are indentation tests in which a weighted steel ball or other ‘indentor’ is applied to the test piece. The hardness is assessed according to the size of the impression (Brinell and Vickers) or the travel of the indentor (Rockwell).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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