English Explanatory Dictionary

geometric lathe

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A lathe that was used for engraving banknotes and postage stamps with complicated patterns of interlacing lines, designed against forgery.

Word forms

geometric lathe geometric lathes

Synonyms

cycloidal engine
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