obturation (English, noun)
expansion: obturation (countable and uncountable, plural obturations)
Senses:
glosses: The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening.
tags: countable
uncountable
topics: engineering
firearms
government
military
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
politics
tools
war
weaponry
glosses: The process of a bullet expanding under pressure to fit the bore of the firearm, or a cartridge case expanding under pressure to seal the chamber.
tags: countable
uncountable
Forms:
form: obturations
tags: plural