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connecting rod
noun
- a rod or link for transmitting motion and force between a rotating and a reciprocating part, as between a piston and a crankshaft.
connecting rod
noun
- a rod or bar for transmitting motion, esp one that connects a rotating part to a reciprocating part
- See little end, big endsuch a rod that connects the piston to the crankshaft in an internal-combustion engine or reciprocating pump See also big end little end
- a similar rod that connects the crosshead of a steam engine to the crank
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Example Sentences
The connecting rod clamps to a smooth, oiled cylindrical surface on the crankshaft called a crankpin, which enables the piston to be raised and lowered inside of an engine’s cylinder as the crankshaft rotates.
Each piston inside of a motor is attached to the engine’s crankshaft via a connecting rod.
A connecting rod worked a balance-beam, which worked the air-pump, feed-pump, and plug-rod for moving the valves.
The main connecting rod, of course, acts in the same way as in the ordinary case where each cylinder has its separate crank pin.
In Figures 220 and 221 is a drawing of a connecting rod drawn, put together as it would be for the lathe, vise or erecting shop.
The cylinder walls and wrist pins are lubricated by oil spray thrown from the lower end of connecting rod bearings.
Upon A-7a and A-5a engines a small tube supplies oil from connecting rod bearing directly upon the wrist pin.
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