O-ring

O-ring

See also: öring

English

Etymology

O +‎ ring

Noun

O-ring (plural O-rings)

1. A circular gasket, usually made of rubber.
   • 1986 June 6, Richard Feynman, “Personal observations on the reliability of the Shuttle”, in Presidential Commission on the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, Report to the President:

     The O-rings of the Solid Rocket Boosters were not designed to erode.

Translations

circular gasket

Bulgarian: О-пръ́стен m (O-prǎ́sten) Chinese: Mandarin: o型環／o型环 (ōuxínghuán) Czech: please add this translation if you can Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Finnish: o-rengas French: joint torique (fr) m German: O-Ring m Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: please add this translation if you can Polish: O-ring m Russian: уплотни́тельное кольцо́ кру́глого сече́ния n (uplotnítelʹnoje kolʹcó krúglovo sečénija), кольцо́ уплотни́тельное кру́глого сече́ния n (kolʹcó uplotnítelʹnoje krúglovo sečénija), О-ринг m (O-ring) Spanish: junta tórica f

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• Gorin, Ringo, giron, groin