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- noun Plural form of
O-ring .
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Examples
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O-rings are used to seal the circular parts of the scope.
Leupold VX-3 3.5-10x50mm riflescope. What's the price range on it? 2009
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O-rings are used to seal the circular parts of the scope.
Leupold VX-3 3.5-10x50mm riflescope. What's the price range on it? 2009
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Instead, as we now know, that launch suffered catastrophic burn through of the O-rings, with resultant loss of the shuttle and her entire crew.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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I can only presume that the graphite O-rings used to seal the power adjustment rings help provide some slipperiness to make turning the knob easier.
Leupold VX-3 3.5-10x50mm riflescope. What's the price range on it? 2009
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Instead, as we now know, that launch suffered catastrophic burn through of the O-rings, with resultant loss of the shuttle and her entire crew.
How the End Begins Ron Rosenbaum 2011
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The Pará rubber tree, originally from Brazil, now occupies huge swathes of southeast Asia, providing the latex necessary to make the tires, belts, O-rings and gaskets that invisibly maintain industrial civilization.
The Real Story of Globalization Charles C. Mann 2011
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But this campaign season, the whole pledging thing has rocketed out of control with broken O-rings.
Will Durst: The GOP Pledge Drive Will Durst 2011
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But this campaign season, the whole pledging thing has rocketed out of control with broken O-rings.
Will Durst: The GOP Pledge Drive Will Durst 2011
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But this campaign season, the whole pledging thing has rocketed out of control with broken O-rings.
Will Durst: The GOP Pledge Drive Will Durst 2011
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The commission located the exact cause of the disaster failed O-rings and prescribed precise safety changes.
Gulf Political Spill 2011
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