obturation

Bedeutung (Englisch)

  1. The act of stopping up, or closing, an opening.
  2. The process of a bullet expanding under pressure to fit the bore of the firearm, or a cartridge case expanding under pressure to seal the chamber.

Übersetzungen

έμφραξη

Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

From Latin obturare (“to stop up”): compare French obturation.

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