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clamp
clamp
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a brace, band, or clasp used for strengthening or holding things together.
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an electric circuit that serves to maintain the voltage limits of a signal at prescribed levels.
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v. [tr.] (often be clamped)
fasten (something) in place with a clamp.
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fasten (two things) firmly together:
the two frames are clamped together.
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hold (something) tightly against or in another thing:
Maggie had to clamp a hand over her mouth to stop herself from laughing.
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[tr.]
maintain the voltage limits of (an electrical signal) at prescribed values.
PHRASAL VERBS:
clamp down
suppress or prevent something, typically in an oppressive or harsh manner:
police clamped down on a pro-democracy demonstration.DERIVATIVES:
clamp·er n.
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"clamp." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clamp." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-clamp.html "clamp." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-clamp.html |
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clamp
1. An electronic circuit that is designed to limit the excursion of the signal voltage to the desired level, e.g. to limit the reverse voltage produced when the current in a conductor is abruptly changed. 2. An electronic circuit that is designed to return the d.c. voltage level at a given point in the circuit to a fixed reference value at fixed points in time, often in response to an externally generated clamp pulse. |
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JOHN DAINTITH. "clamp." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN DAINTITH. "clamp." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-clamp.html JOHN DAINTITH. "clamp." A Dictionary of Computing. 2004. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O11-clamp.html |
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Clampa compact heap or pile of bricks for baking; a heap of earth to cover potatoes; a pile of ore for roasting. Examples: clamp of bricks, 1679; of coal; of dung, 1771; of limestone, 1795; of mangolds, 1881; of metal ore; of potatoes; of turf, 1753. |
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"Clamp." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Clamp." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300301.html "Clamp." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300301.html |
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clamp.
1. Large mass of dried bricks or limestone arranged for burning. 2. Metal bar for binding together stones in a building. 3. Timber receiving in a groove on one side the rebated ends of other timbers, as in shutters. 4. As clasping buttress. |
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JAMES STEVENS CURL. "clamp." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JAMES STEVENS CURL. "clamp." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-clamp.html JAMES STEVENS CURL. "clamp." A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. 2000. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O1-clamp.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "clamp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "clamp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clamp.html T. F. HOAD. "clamp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clamp.html |
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clamp (klamp) n. a surgical instrument designed to compress a structure, such as a blood vessel or a cut end of the intestine. See illustration.
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"clamp." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clamp." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-clamp.html "clamp." A Dictionary of Nursing. 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O62-clamp.html |
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clamp 2 stack of bricks XVI; (agric.) stack of earth, turf, etc. XVIII. prob. — MDu. klamp heap, rel. to CLUMP.
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T. F. HOAD. "clamp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "clamp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clamp1.html T. F. HOAD. "clamp." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-clamp1.html |
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clamp
•amp, camp, champ, clamp, cramp, damp, encamp, gamp, lamp, ramp, samp, scamp, stamp, tamp, tramp, vamp
•firedamp • headlamp • wheel clamp
•sidelamp • spotlamp • blowlamp
•sunlamp
•hemp, kemp, temp
•blimp, chimp, crimp, gimp, imp, limp, pimp, primp, scrimp, shrimp, simp, skimp, wimp
•chomp, clomp, comp, pomp, romp, stomp, swamp, tromp, whomp, yomp
•bump, chump, clump, crump, dump, flump, frump, gazump, grump, hump, jump, lump, outjump, plump, pump, rump, scrump, slump, stump, sump, thump, trump, tump, ump, whump
•ski-jump • showjump • handpump
•mugwump
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"clamp." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "clamp." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-clamp.html "clamp." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-clamp.html |
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