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crankshaft
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1803, from crank (v.) + shaft (n.). The basic form of the mechanism appears to date from Roman times.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A crankshaft is the part of an engine which translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation. Crankshaft can also mean: Crankshaft (comic strip) , a comic strip by Tom Batiuk Crankshaft (JavaScript) , name for compilation technology in the V8 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ All moving parts, apart from the plain-bearing crankshaft , use needle roller bearings to help it rev freely. ▪ The Corrado's supercharger sits alongside the transversely mounted engine and is belt-driven off the crankshaft pulley ...
Usage examples of crankshaft.
Huge, gleaming crankshafts and rods churned away, and massive silos towered dozens of meters into the air, turning slowly, gurgling softly.
Soon they were inside a tunnel that appeared identical to the one they had passed through to reach the room with the crankshafts and silos.
Standard forged pistons and connecting rods can't handle the kind of power you're going to be cranking out, so we've replaced them with super tough Venola forged blower pistons, Crower rods with big, heavy, stiff bolts, and a magnefluxed crankshaft.
These modified, Delux 30 Chevrolet pickups really packed a wallop he thought: Venola forged blower pistons, Crower rods, magnefluxed crankshaft, Paxton centrifugal supercharger forced induction system I A legacy of Fritz.
And he wanted a brake drum put around the old engine's crankshaft connection.
Power of explosion is exerted on piston and through connecting rod and crankshaft through transmission thence to rear wheels.
With their supporting frames, connecting rods, crankshafts, gimbels, and ancillary equipment, they take up most of the vessel's interior below this deck.
Each piston moves independently of the others, transferring the power generated by its vertical motion of two connecting rods, thence to a crankshaft.
The gas was ignited by the spark plugs and the explosion hit the cylinder head and the head was thrust down and that turned the crankshaft and the valves opened and closed and the cylinder heads kept going up and down and the crankshaft turned some more.