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milling Definition

mill·ing (mil′iŋ)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

mill

noun

  1. the process or business of grinding grain into flour or meal
  2. the grinding, cutting, or processing of metal, cloth, etc. in a mill
    1. the process of ridging the edge of a coin, etc.
    2. the ridging thus produced; milled edge
  4. circular or random motion of or as of a herd or crowd

milling Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • maize: Figure 2 shows traditional dry milling of maize for flour production.

Converse of object

  • turn: We have universal lathes for chuck and bar work with 12 driven tool stations, for turning, milling and thread cutting.
  • grind: DNA was found to survive intact through grinding, milling or dry heating, and incompletely degraded in silage [ 10, 11 ] .
  • include: The cereals sector encompasses a range of industries including milling, bread, cake, cookie and breakfast cereals manufacturing and malting.

Adjective modifier

  • cryogenic: Cryogenic milling is used to break down some metals which become brittle at low temperatures.
  • wet: Dry milling is a physical process as opposed to wet milling which involves chemical changes.
  • dry: Figure 2 shows traditional dry milling of maize for flour production.
  • high: The solution is high speed milling i.e. high cutting speed and as a consequence high feed rates.

Modifies a noun

  • cutter: The surgeon is then free to move a rotating milling cutter at the end of the robot to remove sections of bone.
  • wheat: However, China's import demand for milling wheat had increased significantly.
  • machine: Many rod builders today use a milling machine which is produces a machined strip in a matter of seconds.
  • machinery: The final results can be milled on a wide range of CNC milling machinery.
  • attachment: The spiral milling attachment is rarely found with the FP1, and is a rare accessory in its own right.
  • head: Step 3 Mount, in the milling head, the tool whose offset is to be measured.

Noun used with modifier

  • flour: The quality of much of the grain is not of good enough for flour milling, which attracts a higher price.
  • corn: Another document, dating to 1694, refers to corn milling at the site.
  • ion: The clean room has all the facilities for device fabrication including dry etching by ion beam milling.
  • beam: The clean room has all the facilities for device fabrication including dry etching by ion beam milling.
  • sugar: Mills are largely controlled by elite landowning families, who together account for 77 per cent of the country's sugar milling.
  • roller: Only three changed to roller milling, which extended their life span considerably.