: a machine in which work is rotated about a horizontal axis and shaped by a fixed tool
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Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
Making music from medicine In the Soviet Union in the 1940s, some clever people realized that X-ray film was just soft enough to be etched by an electromechanical lathe, or sound recording device.
—Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Planes will still fly, lathes with still turn, corn will get harvested.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Inside a workshop at Esperanza High School, seniors Chris Norton and Wyatt Hood have learned how to weld, run a lathe and machine components — all before graduation.
—Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 30 May 2025
Making music from medicine In the Soviet Union in the 1940s, some clever people realized that X-ray film was just soft enough to be etched by an electromechanical lathe, or sound recording device.
—Richard Gunderman, The Conversation, 28 May 2025
Verb
To do this, the bat was lathed in more of a bowling-ball type shape, as seen via Kevin Smith’s post showing the difference of the sizing.
—Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Planes will still fly, lathes with still turn, corn will get harvested.
—David G.w. Birch, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
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“Lathe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lathe. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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