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back-spotface

noun · verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A spotface that is so made.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • There's no second operation on these parts. The backside features are all back-counterbores and back-spotfaces.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spotface, feature

2

verb

Meaning 2

To spotface from the backside of a workpiece by using a tool that passes through a through hole, deploys a cutting edge (or receives it by manual insertion from an operator), spotfaces the far side, retracts the cutting edge (or has it removed), and then retreats back through the hole (toward the tool's origin).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: engineering, machining, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

Examples

  • We won't need any second operation on these parts. We're going to back-counterbore and back-spotface all of these features on the backside.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: spotface, cut

History

Etymology

From back- + spotface.