riveting

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riveting

1. present participle and gerund of rivet

riveting (comparative more riveting, superlative most riveting)

1. Commanding the attention of spectators.

   a riveting firework display

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

riveting (countable and uncountable, plural rivetings)

1. The act of joining with rivets.
2. The act of spreading out and clinching the end, as of a rivet, by beating or pressing.
3. A set of rivets; rivets collectively.
   • 1852-1866, Charles Tomlinson, Cyclopaedia of Useful Arts and Manufactures

     Principles working upon materials, as lathes, boring, planing, which should guide the choice of the means of supply, mortising, riveting, and screw-cutting machines.

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