Definition of numerical control in US English:
numerical control
nounn(y)o͞oˈmerəkəl kənˈtrōl
Engineering Computer control of machine tools, where operations are directed by numerical data.
Example sentencesExamples
- Parts are manufactured on the same numerical control machines used to subcontract components for Airbus airliners, Falcon business jets and Eurocopters.
- Kahr pistols, manufactured with computer numerical control machines, have become favorite carry guns for shooters across America.
- These allow technicians - Timken calls them shop-floor associates - to pull up the digital designs for an existing product, tweak them, and get the computer numerical control instructions into the networked machine tools.
- The same model, after several post-processing steps, is used directly for computer numerical control manufacturing of frame members and for the CNC cutting of custom glass sheets.
- Emphasis is on computer-integrated manufacturing with computer numerical control of machine tools, automation via programmable logic controllers, motion control, process control examples, and manufacturing process monitoring.