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Noun: machining center
Usage: US (elsewhere: machining centre)
  1. A milling machine with automatic tool changers, tool magazines or carousels, CNC control, coolant systems, and enclosures
    "After the advent of computer numerical control (CNC), milling machines evolved into machining centers, generally classified as vertical machining centers (VMCs) and horizontal machining centers (HMCs)"; "After the advent of computer numerical control (CNC), milling machines evolved into machining centres, generally classified as vertical machining centers (VMCs) and horizontal machining centers (HMCs).";
    - machining centre [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: machining centers

Type of: shaper, shaping machine

Encyclopedia: Machining center