riveting
English
Adjective
riveting (comparative more riveting, superlative most riveting)
- Commanding the attention of spectators.
- a riveting firework display
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:exciting
Translations
commanding the attention
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Noun
riveting (countable and uncountable, plural rivetings)
- The act of joining with rivets.
- The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
- A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
- 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
- Principles working upon materials, as lathes, boring, planing, which should guide the choice of the means of supply, mortising, riveting, and screw-cutting machines.
- 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures
Derived terms
- butt riveting
- chain riveting
- crossed riveting
- double riveting
- lap riveting
- orbital riveting
- riveting set
- snap riveting
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