Rivet - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Rivet :  (noun)
1: ornament consisting of a circular rounded protuberance (as on a vault or shield or belt) [syn: stud]
2: heavy pin having a head at one end and the other end being hammered flat after being passed through holes in the pieces that are fastened together (verb)
1: direct one's attention on something; "Please focus on your studies and not on your hobbies" [syn: concentrate, focus, center, centre, pore]
2: fasten with a rivet or rivets
3: hold (someone's attention); "The discovery of the skull riveted the paleontologists"

Based on WordNet 2.0

Rivet : \Riv"et\, n. [F., fr. river to rivet; perh. fr. Icel. rifa to fasten together. Cf. Reef part of a sail.] A metallic pin with a head, used for uniting two plates or pieces of material together, by passing it through them and then beating or pressing down the point so that it shall spread out and form a second head; a pin or bolt headed or clinched at both ends.

With busy hammers closing rivets up. --Shak.

Rivet joint, or Riveted joint, a joint between two or more pieces secured by rivets.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

Rivet : \Riv"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Riveted; p. pr. & vb. n. Riveting.] 1. To fasten with a rivet, or with rivets; as, to rivet two pieces of iron.

2. To spread out the end or point of, as of a metallic pin, rod, or bolt, by beating or pressing, so as to form a sort of head.

3. Hence, to fasten firmly; to make firm, strong, or immovable; as, to rivet friendship or affection.

Rivet and nail me where I stand, ye powers! --Congreve.

Thus his confidence was riveted and confirmed. --Sir W. Scott.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Example Usage of Rivet

TomatoMeister: 普通にコンストレインが実行できたけども、付いてこない。 Rivetを使えばいいが対応バージョンが古くて不安定な気がする。
TomatoMeister: Mayaって、頂点にリンクする方法ってmelかexpressionで書かないと無いっけか? Rivet.melのようなのを自作するのか
TroyStith: @katbrunnegraff hahaha that happens :) I'm sure we've crossed paths going in and out of Rivet before hahaha. We'll have to meet up soon ;)
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