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Noun: machining centre
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: machining center)
  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 centres, generally classified as vertical machining centres (VMCs) and horizontal machining centres (HMCs)"; "After the advent of computer numerical control (CNC), milling machines evolved into machining centres, generally classified as vertical machining centres (VMCs) and horizontal machining centres (HMCs).";
    - machining center [US]

Derived forms: machining centres

Type of: shaper, shaping machine