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1. (n.) anvil
a heavy iron block with a smooth face, frequently of steel, on which heated metals are hammered into desired shapes.
2. anvil
anything having a similar form or use.
3. anvil
the fixed jaw in certain measuring instruments.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME anvelt, anfelt, OE anfilt(e), anfealt, c. MD anvilte, OHG anafalz. See on , felt2)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) anvil
a heavy block of iron or steel on which hot metals are shaped by hammering
2. (noun) incus, anvil
the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) anvil
an iron block, usually with a steel face, upon which metals are hammered and shaped
2. (noun) anvil
anything resembling an anvil in shape or use
3. (noun) anvil
the incus. See Incus
4. (verb) anvil
to form or shape on an anvil; to hammer out; as, anviled armor
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. anvil
An intermittent contact, or "make and break" of the current is sometimes produced by directly pressing a key down upon a metallic surface, the two being terminals of the circuit. The surface or stud on which such pressure is produced is called the anvil. The ordinary telegraph key, which makes a contact by the pressure of the operator's fingers does it by making a contact between a contact piece upon the front end of the key and the anvil. In the induction coil the anvil is also found. Thus in the cut representing the end of an induction coil and its circuit breaker in which O and O' and P and P' represent the secondary circuit terminal connections A is the core of soft iron wires, h is the anvil; the hammer when resting upon it so as to be in contact closes the circuit. When the current coming from the primary to the post i, passes through the hammer and anvil h, and emerges by m, it magnetizes the core; this attracts the hammer, which is made of or is armed with a mass of iron. This breaks the circuit. The hammer falls at once on the anvil, again making the circuit, and the action is repeated with great rapidity. Hammer and anvil or key and anvil connections should be made of platinum.
Fig. 17. INDUCTION COIL CIRCUIT BREAKER.
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Sense: a block, usually of iron, on which metal objects (eg horse-shoes) are hammered into shape
the blacksmith's anvil.
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 Afrikaans: aambeeld |
 Arabic: سِنْدان |
 Bulgarian: наковалня |
 Brazilian: bigorna |
 Czech: kovadlina |
 German: der Amboß |
 Danish: ambolt |
 Greek: αμόνι |
 Spanish: yunque |
 Estonian: alasi |
 Farsi: سندان |
 Finnish: alasin |
 French: enclume |
 Hebrew: סֶדָן |
 Hindi: निहाई |
 Croatian: nakovanj |
 Hungarian: üllő |
 Indonesian: landasan |
 Icelandic: steðji |
 Italian: incudine |
 Japanese: 鉄床 |
 Korean: 모루 |
 Lithuanian: priekalas |
 Latvian: (kalēja) lakta |
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 Norwegian: ambolt |
 Polish: kowadło |
 Persian: سندان |
 Pashto: سندان |
 Portuguese: bigorna |
 Romanian: nicovală |
 Russian: наковальня |
 Slovak: nákova |
 Slovenian: nakovalo |
 Serbian: nakovanj |
 Swedish: städ |
 Thai: ทั่งตีเหล็ก |
 Turkish: örs |
 Taiwanese: 鐵砧 |
 Ukrainian: ковадло |
 Urdu: سندان ، اہرن ، پدام |
 Vietnamese: cái đe |
 Chinese: 铁砧 |
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