Component of force

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(Mech.)

a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.

See also: Component

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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The result of measurement of the frictional force [F.sub.t] is an estimate of the actual value of the measured quantity (this corresponds on the dynamometer for component of force [F.sub.y] in the kinematic system of the machine tool); what for i-th measurement can be expressed by equation:

Measuring of Friction Factor of Cutting Environment

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