press fit WORD ORIGIN noun Machinery. assembly of two tightly fitting parts, as a hub on a shaft, made by a press or the like. Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of press fit First recorded in 1885–90 Also called drive fit, force fit. Related formspressfit, adjective Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 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 Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012