rodding
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English
[edit]Verb
[edit]rodding
- present participle and gerund of rod
Noun
[edit]rodding (countable and uncountable, plural roddings)
- (construction) The process of reinforcing concrete with metal rods.
- (medicine) The insertion of a metal rod or nail into the cavity of a bone, to treat deformity or fracture.
- (mechanical engineering) A system of rods etc. used for movement.
- 1944 July and August, “The Why and the Wherefore: Point-Rod Compensators”, in Railway Magazine, page 256:
- Anything that reverses the direction of movement in a length of point rodding will act as a compensator over an equal length on each side of it; […] .