a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other
press fit in American English
noun
Machinery
assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like
Also called: drive fit, force fit
Derived forms
pressfit
adjective
Word origin
[1885–90]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: booster, scrum, seminar, sensitization, upsweep