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clamp

 (klămp)
n.
1. Any of various devices used to join, grip, support, or compress mechanical or structural parts.
2. Any of various tools with opposing, often adjustable sides or parts for bracing objects or holding them together.
tr.v. clamped, clamp·ing, clamps
1. To fasten, grip, or support with or as if with a clamp.
2. To establish by authority; impose: clamped a tax on imports.
Phrasal Verb:
clamp down
To become more strict or repressive; impose controls: clamping down on environment polluters.

[Middle English, from Middle Dutch klampe.]
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clamping

(ˈklæmpɪŋ)
n
(Automotive Engineering) the immobilization of a car or other vehicle by means of a wheel clamp
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Translations

clamping

n. pinzado.
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References in classic literature ?
He picked up a clean pine shingle that lay in the moon- light, took a little fragment of "red keel" out of his pocket, got the moon on his work, and painfully scrawl- ed these lines, emphasizing each slow down-stroke by clamping his tongue between his teeth, and letting up the pressure on the up-strokes.
His wrath was immediate with her second leap, and he sprang to the side to avoid her claws, and in from the side to meet her, his jaws clamping together on her spinal column with a jerk while she was still in mid-air.
During the year under review, PAC led by chairman Wilfred Odalo noted that a lot of revenue was lost due to lack of laws on parking and irregular clamping.
A model for safe and self-locking long-term clamping of dies with a straight clamping edge completes the company's series of new wedge clamps.
But the arsenal of clamps in my shop is no more valuable than the arsenal of clamping tricks I carry around in my head.
KoHS-cotnpluni damp mounts were designed for me with toggle clamps that have a solid clamping arm.
Injection, ejection, and clamping adjustable by electronic timers.
An intelligent fixturing system adaptively adjusts the clamping forces to optimal values during the machining process.
The reengineered design uses less component parts but still outperforms standard products in clamping force and clamping arm length: prorata to the size of clamp being used.