chamfer
An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break…An obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
Meaning
1 sensesAn obtuse-angled relief or cut at an edge added for a finished appearance and to break sharp edges.
Fase, Abfasung, Abschrägung
фа́скаfáska
- two surfaces meeting at an angle different from 90 degrees
Translations
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Origin
Back-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old FrenBack-formation from chamfering, from Middle French chanfrain, from Middle French, Old French chanfraindre, possibly a compound of chant (“corner”), from Latin canthus (of either Celtic or Latin origin) + fraindre (“to break”), from frangō (“to break”).
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