press fit


noun Machinery.

assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like.
Also called drive fit, force fit.

Origin of press fit

First recorded in 1885–90

OTHER WORDS FROM press fit

pressfit, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for drive fit

press fit

noun

engineering a type of fit for mating parts, usually tighter than a sliding fit, used when the parts do not have to move relative to each other