What's the difference between fastener and washer?

Fastener


Definition:

  • (n.) One who, or that which, makes fast or firm.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The authors tested their own technique, using transplants or implants of corium, fascia, dura mater and polyester net, internally in the tendons, fastening them with an external cross suture.
  • (2) A woman who was 30 weeks pregnant was sitting with a three-point seat belt fastened in the front passenger seat of an automobile that was involved in a head-on collision.
  • (3) Total radioactivity, including the volatile part of the solvents were registered by autoradiography of dried, evaporated tape-fastened sections.
  • (4) In order to more effectively separate the walls, a protector was applied consisting of a soft polyethylene tube, whose ends were fastened to the cervix uteri and remained there for 3-4 weeks.
  • (5) A penile problem that physicians are confronted with in the emergency room is entrapment of the foreskin by a zipper fastener.
  • (6) Mohamedou Ould Slahi: “smart, witty, garrulous, and curiously undamaged” Another team inside the plane dragged me and fastened me on a small and straight seat.
  • (7) It is made light-impermeable through the use of nylon hook-and-loop fasteners.
  • (8) Given that the economy is kind of coming back right now, I just didn’t understand why trade was so prominent this race David Lawrence, vice-president, AlphaUSA “Given that the economy is kind of coming back right now, something that is so key to the economy [as trade], I just didn’t understand why it was so prominent this race, and not some other issue,” said David Lawrence, vice-president of AlphaUSA, a fastener manufacturer based in suburban Detroit.
  • (9) Sheets of oil paper fastened vertically to two wires at a height of 60 cm above the ground at a distance of 20 cm one from another (barriers) and sheets in the form of "flags" (Dergachova and others, 1973) were used simultaneously.
  • (10) One group was exposed to the regular hospital program and the other group had, in addition: a mock-up demonstration for the mothers on the correct method of fastening the baby into the car seat and the car seat into the automobile seat; written handouts of how to use a car seat with an infant; a physician's order for the mock-up demonstration; and a physician's order to be discharged in a car seat.
  • (11) Erection, increase in circumference as well as rigidity, can be measured with a simple device consisting of a calibrated felt band with a sliding collar fastened to 1 end.
  • (12) A supporting harness is attached to the mask by use of three flat straps connected by Dot fasteners.
  • (13) Prevention includes feeding with human milk in prematures with slow increase of partial and total volumes, early initial fastening in cases of asphyxia and careful and close surveillance of high-risk newborns.
  • (14) Based on its membrane topology, it has been suggested that MotB might be a linker that fastens the torque-generating machinery to the cell wall.
  • (15) Spontaneous "overnight" deflation of inflatable prostheses is rather uncommon, but we have had a 5.7% incidence of it in a 24-month period in which we used implants with a suturable tab and fastened them to the subjacent fascia.
  • (16) In case of a transverse position of the fetal head, a special fastener on the forceps makes it possible to use an excentric handle on the traction hook of the Kielland forceps and thus render possible rotation of the fetal head from the transverse position.
  • (17) A brightly coloured train rattles across their path and stops abruptly and, after an affectionate hug, the two creatures climb aboard, carefully fasten their seatbelts and are bounced away to a rendezvous with their friends (a lavishly hatted family of peg dolls called the Pontipines; Makka Pakka, a squat, fuzzy troglodyte with OCD, and the Tombliboos, a triumvirate of pastel-coloured pepper pot creatures who live inside a topiary bush).
  • (18) Over a 0.009 inch flexible tip steel wire a diamond-coated brass burr fastened to a flexible drive shaft that rotates and tracks was advanced.
  • (19) Granulation tissue grows through the prosthesis which is fastened well to the connective-tissue cuff forming around it.
  • (20) The extension of the tracheostoma is achieved by means of an parallel incision which widens the trachea with the acid of 2 tough threads on each side, which are fastened to the clavicle.

Washer


Definition:

  • (n.) Same as Washerwoman, 2.
  • (n.) One who, or that which, washes.
  • (n.) A ring of metal, leather, or other material, or a perforated plate, used for various purposes, as around a bolt or screw to form a seat for the head or nut, or around a wagon axle to prevent endwise motion of the hub of the wheel and relieve friction, or in a joint to form a packing, etc.
  • (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening.
  • (n.) The common raccoon.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The major advantage of this technic in comparison with the Gravlee Jet Washer is its low cost.
  • (2) During the first 19 months of use of the washer, nosocomial post-UGI endoscopy colonization or infections with P. aeruginosa increased 36%.
  • (3) Tests of effectiveness of disinfection of metal and polypropylene bedpans were made in a washer fitted with a steam generator.
  • (4) We must pay attention to contamination of endoscopes and endoscope washer at least once a month.
  • (5) Most train yards have a washer system, which we call the "buff", that takes about 10 minutes to clean the whole train, and that's it – it goes back into service.
  • (6) The current study aimed to examine sociodemographic and clinical variables between washer and checker subgroups of obsessive compulsive disorder.
  • (7) The point of contact was changed by the addition of a Belleville washer between the interface of the wing-nut clamp and the cheek.
  • (8) It has two Teflon-washered glass valves for filling, and two thermistors are supported at the center by glass capillary tubes.
  • (9) Physical cleaning and chemical sterilization of taps, and replacement of washers with 'approved' brands did not eradicate the organisms.
  • (10) Similar z values were obtained for the plastic and steel strip systems (z(D) = 21 C), but an unusually low z for spores on paper (z(D) = 12.9 C) and an unusually high z for spores on steel washers mated at 150 inch-lb of torque (z(D) = 32 C) were observed.
  • (11) When [1-(14)C]arachidonic acid (AA) was incubated with washer thrombocyte suspension, AA was mainly converted to PGF(2alpha), PGE2, and PGD2 in all species.
  • (12) Of these, two cell separators and the IBM cell washer are shown to be capable of producing YRBC suitable for clinical use.
  • (13) There was visible moisture remaining in the suction channel despite the use of the complete recommended automatic washer cycle.
  • (14) YRBC prepared from the IBM 2991 cell washer are recommended for clinical trials because of lower cost, greater convenience and lower white cell contamination compared to cell separator-derived YRBC.
  • (15) The findings are the following: (1) The 4.0-mm bolt with the 12-mm washer had greater pull-out resistance from thin (12-mm thick) cancellous bone than did the 6.5-mm cancellous screw.
  • (16) Patch tests with the GEIDC standard series of allergens, and with 8 washers made of copper, nickel, nickel-palladium, palladium, brass, bronze, gold and iron, were carried out in 964 consecutive patients who complained of intolerance to metals and in 200 controls who did not.
  • (17) The authors present a new technique utilizing a cancellous screw and polyacetal resin washer to attach the tendon to the navicular.
  • (18) Of 412 subjects seen during 1975-1984, there were 123 washers, 70 checkers and 89 washers and checkers (mixed group).
  • (19) The purpose of the present study was to determine the levels of solvent exposure of car washers and to evaluate the effectiveness of ventilation systems in car washing facilities.
  • (20) Since it requires no special equipment other than a microplate reader and washer it is particularly suitable for laboratories lacking the electrophoretic expertise or equipment required for EIA.