: a material (such as rubber) or a part (such as an O-ring) used to make a joint fluid-tight
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Thanks to a silicone gasket surrounding each compartment and four locking buckles, leaks are nearly impossible.
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Quincy Bulin, Parents, 8 Aug. 2024
Earlier spacesuits combining brass zippers with rubber gaskets, for instance, unintentionally fueled their own degradation.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2024
The board itself is built like a three-layer cake, with an aluminum alloy chassis, a carbon-fiber positioning plate, and the adjustable gasket mount laid atop one another to form the sturdy, all-black base.
—PCMAG, 15 July 2024
And the left is blowing a gasket over less funding for the arts?
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024
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Quincy Bulin, Parents, 8 Aug. 2024
Earlier spacesuits combining brass zippers with rubber gaskets, for instance, unintentionally fueled their own degradation.
—Katie Liu, Discover Magazine, 29 July 2024
The board itself is built like a three-layer cake, with an aluminum alloy chassis, a carbon-fiber positioning plate, and the adjustable gasket mount laid atop one another to form the sturdy, all-black base.
—PCMAG, 15 July 2024
And the left is blowing a gasket over less funding for the arts?
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 June 2024
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“Gasket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gasket. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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gasket
noun
gas·ket
ˈgas-kət 
: a material (as rubber) or a part used to prevent a joint from leaking
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