machined

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The monitor had been designed with screws in the back that had 25 concentric circles machined into their flat heads to make them sparkle as light passed over them.

From Barron's • Apr. 22, 2026

Still, in our endless chase of machined refinement, I think we’re missing the value of human irregularity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Among the group's precision machined elements are flexures -- spring-like devices, often made from parallel beams, that can flex and stretch with nanometer precision.

From Science Daily • Apr. 8, 2024

It makes me think of myself as even partially machined — like these are the extensions of me.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024

It lay heavily in her hands, the crystal face gleaming, the golden body exquisitely machined.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman