Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Aug 27, 2008 15:24
15 yrs ago
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English term
broken in
English
Other
Metallurgy / Casting
compressor
Responses
| 1 +7 | run in |
Vincentius Mariatmo
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| 5 | has been sufficiently used |
José J. Martínez
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Change log
Aug 28, 2008 13:44: Vincentius Mariatmo Created KOG entry
Responses
+7
27 mins
Vincentius Mariatmo
20 years experience, accurate & sensible
Native in: Indonesian
Works in: English to Indonesian, Indonesian to English, English, and 3 more.
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run in
This is my guess.
We need to run the machine first for a moment before we can use it properly.
Hope this helps.
CMIIW.
to run (new machinery) initially under reduced load and speed, until any stiffness of motion has departed and all parts are ready to operate under normal service conditions; run in; wear in.
We need to run the machine first for a moment before we can use it properly.
Hope this helps.
CMIIW.
to run (new machinery) initially under reduced load and speed, until any stiffness of motion has departed and all parts are ready to operate under normal service conditions; run in; wear in.
Peer comment(s):
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David Hollywood
: this is very nice :) and @ Sheila you can also "break in" engines and so forth :)
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Thank you David ^^
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Sheila Wilson
: The original is a very strange verb to use - as far as I know it's horses that are broken in, not machines, but maybe it's AmEng usage
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Thank you Sheila. I find that broken in is used to denote the horse that has been tamed in the dictionary above ^^
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Mohamed Mehenoun
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Thank you Mohamed ^^
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AniseK
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Thank you AniseK ^^
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Phong Le
: Sure, a new machine should not be full load at the first day
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Thank you phongicehcmc :D
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kmtext
: Run in would definitely be the UKEn term for an engine or machine.
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Thank you kmtext :D
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P Waters
19 hrs
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Thank you Lily ^^
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I agree. Thanks."
6 mins
José J. Martínez
United States
United States
Native in English
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English
United States
ENSP, More than 30 years experience
Native in: English (Variant: US) 
, Spanish (Variant: Latin American)
Works in: English to Spanish, Spanish to English
has been sufficiently used
Not sure but new equipmentusually needs to be BROKEN IN to function properly.
Peer comment(s):
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Cilian O'Tuama
: if you're not sure, how explain confidence = 5? //Then you should use the confidence indicator accordingly, don't you think!? It's not meant for indicating how confident you are that you are not sure, but how confident you are that your answer is right.
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I am not sure about today´s date either...the data was --broken in, and compressor---I am telling the truth when I say I am not sure because of lack of text. If you are to be so partial, you make a better suggestion...get a life.
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David Hollywood
: I agree with your explanation but not so sure about "sufficiently used" ... I would go for something like "put through the initial (gentle) operational phase and now fully operational" (as with a car)
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You are right, you describe it, more text would have hepled...metallurgy, compressor, broken inclues that helped me arrive at a proper answer but, many askers do not provide sufficient information...if they don´t they risk not getting the right answer..
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Discussion
About this topic, I have to admit that I only search for "broken in" phrase in Google search engine and try to match the best explanation for compressor/machinary context, thus my confidence level is only 1.