The Collaborative International Dictionary
Connect \Con*nect"\ (k[o^]n*n[e^]kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Connected; p. pr. & vb. n. Connecting.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.]
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To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.
He fills, he bounds, connects and equals all.
--Pope.A man must see the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism.
--Locke. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair.
To establish a communication link; -- used with with; as, his telephone didn't answer, so I connected with him by email.
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To electronically or mechanically link (a device) to another device, or to link a device to a common communication line; -- used with with; as, the installer connected our telephones on Monday; I connected my VCR to the TV set by myself; the plumber connected a shut-off valve to my gas line.
Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
Wiktionary
n. Any rod, in an engine, that transmits power or motion, especially one that connects a reciprocating shaft to a rotating wheel, in reciprocating engines connects piston to crankshaft
WordNet
n. a rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft)
Wikipedia
Connecting rods may also convert rotating motion into reciprocating motion. Historically, before the development of engines, they were first used in this way.
As a connecting rod is rigid, it may transmit either a push or a pull and so the rod may rotate the crank through both halves of a revolution, i.e. piston pushing and piston pulling. Earlier mechanisms, such as chains, could only pull. In a few two-stroke engines, the connecting rod is only required to push.
Today, connecting rods are best known through their use in internal combustion piston engines, such as automotive engines. These are of a distinctly different design from earlier forms of connecting rods, used in steam engines and steam locomotives.
Usage examples of "connecting rod".
I tipped it against the wall and feit underneath, and sure enough it was the type worked on one connecting rod up the back: pushed the rod up from the bottom and all the drawers became unlocked.
One sphere was a deep, golden color, the other a bluish-silver, the connecting rod a coppery metal.
Pitt pointed to the walking beam mounted above the high A-frame that tilted up and down, one end driven by a connecting rod from the steam cylinder, the other driving the crank that turned the paddlewheel.
Then they cut the finished connecting rod from the stump by which the grappling irons were holding it.
Power of explosion is exerted on piston and through connecting rod and crankshaft through transmission thence to rear wheels.
Sure enough, I was able to unscrew part of the connecting rod and detach it.
And all old signallers knew that if the connecting rod operating the shutters on the down-line was pushed up to open them on the same blink as the connecting rod on the up-line was pulled down to close the shutters on the other side of the tower, the tower lurched.
The main rod, connecting rod, and driving wheels were strong, the cylinders solid.
They started at the middle of the bulge, and went toward the connecting rod.