In textile or paper manufacturing, the lateral or sideways motion at the end of a machine, or the arc that a moving part traces at the extremity of a mechanism.
From 'end' plus 'sweep' (from Old Norse 'sveipa', to sweep around), a technical term from industrial machinery describing the rotational or lateral motion of components at equipment endpoints.
Textile engineers use 'endsweep' to describe the wobble or lateral movement that naturally occurs when cylindrical machinery spins—measuring this helps prevent the weaving or spinning from going crooked.
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