hydroforming

[ hahy-druh-fawr-ming ]

noun

1. the production of high-octane aromatic compounds for motor fuels by catalytic reforming reforming of naphthas in the presence of hydrogen.

hydroforming

/ ˈhaɪdrəʊˌfɔːmɪŋ /

noun

1. the catalytic reforming of petroleum to increase the proportion of aromatic and branched-chain hydrocarbons
2. engineering a forming process in which a metal component is shaped by a metal punch forced against a die, consisting of a flexible bag containing a fluid

Word History and Origins

Origin of hydroforming¹

First recorded in 1931; hydro- ² + (re)forming

Example Sentences

Last week a live ringer for the Tin Goose, Aircraft Hydroforming's newly refined Bushmaster 2000, trundled down a Long Beach, Calif., runway and took off over the Pacific on a test flight.

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"After all," says Hydroforming's president, Ralph P. Williams, "not one Tri-Motor in all these years has ever had a structural failure."

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Lack of money stalled them until Williams, another Douglas alumnus and the owner of Hydroforming, an aircraft-parts-making company, bought a controlling interest in Hayden in 1958.

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