From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Mating connection
Mating connection
menting shapes that, with some imagination, resembles
the way two animals, male and female, are physically
connected during the act of mating. In such connections
one of the two components acts as male and the other
as female, although more complex relationships exist.[1]
Any electrical connector, bolted joint, and jigsaw puzzle
is an example of assembling based on mating connection.
See also
• Gender of connectors and fasteners
References
[1] Webster, Len F. The Wiley Dictionary of Civil
Engineering and Construction Professional Series,
Internal and external threads illustrated using a common nut
Wiley Professional, Wiley-Interscience, 1997, ISBN
and bolt, as an example of a mating connection.
0471181153, ISBN 9780471181156.
A mating connection is any method of assembling
of two or more component parts with mutually comple-
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• Gender in language
• Mechanical engineering
• Screws
• Structural connectors
• Electrical connectors
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