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  2. List of culinary knife cuts - Wikipedia

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    Fermière; cut lengthwise and then sliced to desired thickness 1 ⁄ 8 – 1 ⁄ 2 inch (3–10 mm) Rondelle; cylindrical vegetables cut to discs of desired thickness 1 ⁄ 8 – 1 ⁄ 2 inch (3–10 mm) Tourné; 2 inches (50 mm) long with seven faces usually with a bulge in the center portion; Mirepoix; 3 ⁄ 16 – 1 ⁄ 4 inch (5–7 mm)

  3. Nominal Pipe Size - Wikipedia

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    Nominal Pipe Size (NPS) is a North American set of standard sizes for pipes used for high or low pressures and temperatures. [1] " Nominal" refers to pipe in non-specific terms and identifies the diameter of the hole with a non-dimensional number (for example – 2-inch nominal steel pipe" consists of many varieties of steel pipe with the only criterion being a 2.375-inch (60.3 mm) outside ...

  4. Wrench size - Wikipedia

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    Sizes that may interchange, depending on the precision needed, include 2 mm (close to 5 ⁄ 64 inch (1.98 mm)), 4 mm (close to 5 ⁄ 32 inch (3.97 mm)) and 8 mm (close to 5 ⁄ 16 inch (7.94 mm)). In reality, a wrench with a width across the flats of exactly 15 mm would fit too tightly to use on a bolt with a width across the flats of 15 mm.

  5. List of drill and tap sizes - Wikipedia

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    Schematic of a machine tap. Below is a comprehensive drill and tap size chart for all drills and taps, imperial and metric, up to 36.5 millimetres (1.44 in) in diameter.. In manufactured parts, holes with female screw threads are often needed; they accept male screws to facilitate the building and fastening of a finished assembly.

  6. Metric drill bit sizes - Wikipedia

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    For Morse taper-shank drill bits, the standard continues in 1/64 inch increments up to 1¾ inch, then 1/32 inch increments up to 2¼ inch, 1/16 inch increments up to 3 inches, 1/8 inch increments up to 3¼ inches, and a single 1/4 inch increment to 3½ inches. One aspect of this method of sizing is that the size increment between drill bits ...

  7. Gauge (firearms) - Wikipedia

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    However, the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch (89 mm) 12-gauge shell, with its higher SAAMI pressure rating of 14,000 psi (97 MPa) compared to standard 2 + 3 ⁄ 4-inch (70 mm) and 3-inch (76 mm) 12-gauge shells with their lower pressure rating of 11,500 psi (79 MPa), began to approach the performance of the 3 + 1 ⁄ 2-inch (89 mm) 10-gauge shells with a ...

  8. Inch - Wikipedia

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    Metric (SI) units. 25.4 mm. A fire hydrant marked as 3-inch. The inch (symbol: in or ″) is a unit of length in the British Imperial and the United States customary systems of measurement. It is equal to ⁠ 1 36 ⁠ yard or ⁠ 1 12 ⁠ of a foot. Derived from the Roman uncia ("twelfth"), the word inch is also sometimes used to translate ...

  9. Socket wrench - Wikipedia

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    They are typically about 1 inch (25 mm) long. For example, a 1 ⁄ 4-inch to 38-inch adapter allows sockets with 1 ⁄ 4-inch drive holes to attach to a 38-inch ratchet, and so on. Universal joints are two articulated socket joints (about 1 inch (25 mm) long) combined at a right angle, that allow a bend in the turning axis of the ...