Definition of "countersunk" []

• Past tense and past participle of countersink. (verb)

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• "A surgeon drilled an inch and a half into my skull, countersunk a ceramic-encased microchip behind my left ear, and threaded sixteen electrodes into my inner ear."
• "The computational elements could be countersunk into the skull under the skin, as with cochlear implants."
• "The lower right quadrant, if it has anything in it, will be a “C”, to indicate that the butt side of the rivet is to be countersunk, (such as a double flush plug) for the NACA method (82 degrees, rather than the 100 degrees for under a manufactered head)."