rivet

(noun)

A cylindrical mechanical fastener that attaches multiple parts together by fitting through a hole and deforming the head(s) at either end.

Related Terms

Examples of rivet in the following topics:

  • Changing Roles for Women

    • Nineteen million American women filled out the home front labor force, not only as "Rosie the Riveters" in war factory jobs, but also in transportation, agriculture, and office work of every variety.
    • For example, the pop culture phenomenon of "Rosie the Riveter" made riveting one of the most well-known and common jobs for women at that time.
    • Experts speculate that women were so successful at riveting because it so closely resembled sewing (assembling and seaming together a garment).
    • However, riveting was just one of many jobs that women were learning and mastering as the aviation industry was developing.

  • Labor in Wartime

    • "Rosie the Riveter" became the symbol of women laboring in manufacturing .
    • " poster for Westinghouse, closely associated with Rosie the Riveter, although not a depiction of the cultural icon herself.

  • Gender Socialization

    • "Rosie the Riveter" was an iconic symbol of the American homefront in WWII.

  • Hemidesmosomes

    • Hemidesmosomes (HD) are very small stud- or rivet-like structures on the inner basal surface of keratinocytes in the epidermis of skin.
    • The HD comprises two rivet-like plaques (the inner and outer plaques).

  • Mobilization and the Development of the West

    • Nineteen million American women filled out the home front labor force, not only as "Rosie the Riveters" in war factory jobs, but in transportation, agricultural, and office work of every variety.
    • "Rosie the Riveter", working on an A-31 "Vengeance" dive bomber.

  • Construction

    • Artists then use numerous possible techniques in order to join the different components such as welding, gluing, carpentry, screwing, riveting, and nailing.

  • Steel-Frame Construction

    • In steel frame construction, steel beams are connected to the columns with bolts and threaded fasteners, like screws, or permanent mechanical fasteners, called rivets.

  • Bacterial Polyesters

  • Radio News

    • The station's success was largely driven by the the fact that the nation's capital was riveted to news of the Vietnam War and the assassinations of President John F.

  • Project Based Learning

    • ., 2004, Rivet & Krajcki, 2004 and William & Linn, 2003 state that "research has demonstrated that students in project-based learning classrooms get higher scores than students in traditional classroom. "