: a material (such as rubber) or a part (such as an O-ring) used to make a joint fluid-tight
Examples of gasket in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebThanks to a silicone gasket surrounding each compartment and four locking buckles, leaks are nearly impossible.—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 See all Example Sentences for gasket
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