extrusion
A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
Other meanings
An item formed by the process of extrusion.
Related words
- coextrusion
- hydroextrusion
- microextrusion
- pultrusion
Word history
From Latin "extrūdere".
Where this comes from
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