extrusion

Meaning

Noun

  • A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
  • An item formed by the process of extrusion.

Origin

  • Mid-16th century from Latin extrūdere, from ex- + trūdere.

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