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放電加工 (ほうでんかこう, houdenkakou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

放ほう電でん加か工こう

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Meanings

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electrical discharge machining; EDM

Technical term for a machining process that uses electrical discharges to shape metal.

放ほう電でん加か工こうは、金かな型がたの製せい造ぞうによく使つかわれる

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Electrical discharge machining is often used in the manufacture of molds.

Kanji

放set free, release, fire
電electricity
加add, addition, increase
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)

Built from

放ほう電でん+加か工こう

Etymology

Compound of 放電 (ほうでん, 'electrical discharge') and 加工 (かこう, 'machining, processing').