clamp

Definitions

• A brace, band, or clasp for strengthening or holding things together.
• (medicine) An instrument used to temporarily shut off blood vessels, etc.
• (UK) A parking enforcement device used to immobilise a car until it can be towed or a fine is paid; a wheel clamp.
• A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.
• A pile of root vegetables stored under a layer of earth.
• A piece of wood (batten) across the grain of a board end to keep it flat, as in a breadboard.
• (electronics) An electronic circuit that fixes either the positive or the negative peak excursions of a signal to a defined value by shifting its DC value.