numerical control

collocation in English

meaningsofnumericalandcontrol

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numerical
adjective
uk
/njuːˈmer.ɪ.kəl/us
/nuːˈmer.ɪ.kəl/
involving or expressed ...
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control
noun
uk
/kənˈtrəʊl/us
/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition ofnumericalandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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With the development of thenumericalcontroltechnology, it becomes more and more urgent to apply the related technology to the automatic cooking field.
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Many trade unions have been faced with employers arguing thatnumericalcontroland computernumericalcontrolmachines promote multi-machine manning.
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The example which springs to mind is that ofnumericalcontrol.
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We might discriminate, for example, between computers andnumericalcontrolequipment, machine tools and so on.
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Numericalcontrolfor machine tools would be a very important growth industry.
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In the important area ofnumericalcontrol, a number of its products are leaders in their particular field.
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The computer, the transistor and thenumericalcontrolmachine have added new dimensions to our faculties.
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The laboratory is designed to work onnumericalcontrolof machine tools and fluid power as well as plasticity and lubrication.
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The company manufacturesnumericalcontrolmachine tools, transfer machines and a range of standard machine tools.
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They are equipped withnumericalcontrolmachines, and have fully skilled and trained instructors.
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This alone justifies the request for a public inquiry, apart from the assurances that thenumericalcontroltechniques would be kept up.
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Britain does not now have anumericalcontrolcapacity.
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New techniques are being developed throughnumericalcontroland information technology, and they make a difference to the ratio between output, and therefore productivity, and the number of people employed.
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During the 1950s,numericalcontrolmoved slowly from the laboratory into commercial service.
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In 1952,numericalcontrolreached the developmental stage of laboratory reality.
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Prior tonumericalcontrol, horizontal milling machines evolved first, because they evolved by putting milling tables under lathe-like headstocks.
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It is a leading manufacturer of machine tools and their controls (such as computernumericalcontrol).
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It was only after the servos were also steered by computers that realnumericalcontrolwas realised.
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Later, electromechanical solutions (such as servos) and soon electronic solutions (including computers) were added, leading tonumericalcontroland computernumericalcontrol.
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Alternatively, they can be used directly to drive a computernumericalcontrolmachine that cuts the steel mould.
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