workpiecen.

Brit.

/ˈwəːkpiːs/, U.S.

/ˈwərkˌpis/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: work n., piece n.

Etymology: < work n. + piece n., after German Werkstück object which is being worked on (16th cent., originally with reference to stone-working; earlier in sense ‘piece of work’ (15th cent.)).

The object which is worked on with a machine or tool.

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society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] > object worked on by tool

workpiece1876

1876 A. B. W. Kennedy tr. F. Reuleaux Kinematics of Machinery xii. 495 The body to be worked is..not something external to the machine but actually forms a part of it. We shall therefore give this body, to which we shall often have to refer, a special name, calling it the work-piece [Ger. Werkstück] of the machine.

1878 U.S. Patent 200,427 2/1 To prevent binding of the work-piece or material,..I make the groove slightly narrower.

1943 Resistance Welding Wrought Aluminium Alloys (Aluminium Federation Information Bull. No. 6) 56 In seam welding the work piece is placed between two copper wheels which replace the electrodes used in the case of spot welding.

1978 Sci. Amer. Nov. 110/2 The surface of the workpiece undergoes much more heating in abrasive machining than in conventional machining.

2010 Woodcarving Jan. 20/1 It is hard to work on a rocking workpiece, and seldom acceptable in the finished carving.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	workpiece
释义	workpiecen. Brit. /ˈwəːkpiːs/, U.S. /ˈwərkˌpis/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: work n., piece n. Etymology: < work n. + piece n., after German Werkstück object which is being worked on (16th cent., originally with reference to stone-working; earlier in sense ‘piece of work’ (15th cent.)). The object which is worked on with a machine or tool. ΘΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > [noun] > object worked on by tool workpiece1876 1876 A. B. W. Kennedy tr. F. Reuleaux Kinematics of Machinery xii. 495 The body to be worked is..not something external to the machine but actually forms a part of it. We shall therefore give this body, to which we shall often have to refer, a special name, calling it the work-piece [Ger. Werkstück] of the machine. 1878 U.S. Patent 200,427 2/1 To prevent binding of the work-piece or material,..I make the groove slightly narrower. 1943 Resistance Welding Wrought Aluminium Alloys (Aluminium Federation Information Bull. No. 6) 56 In seam welding the work piece is placed between two copper wheels which replace the electrodes used in the case of spot welding. 1978 Sci. Amer. Nov. 110/2 The surface of the workpiece undergoes much more heating in abrasive machining than in conventional machining. 2010 Woodcarving Jan. 20/1 It is hard to work on a rocking workpiece, and seldom acceptable in the finished carving. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1876
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