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crankshaft en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From crank + shaft.

Meanings

1. A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.

Forms

Coordinates

camshaft

Deriveds

crankwalk

Hypernyms

component · part · shaft

Relateds

conrod · crankcase · connecting rod · camshaft · transaxle

Translations (43)

cy crancwerthyd (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · bg колянов вал (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · gl cigüeñal (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · ro arbore cotit (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · da krumtapaksel (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · ru коле́нчатый вал (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · tl tandos-sikaran (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · fi kampiakseli (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · nl krukas (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · de Kurbelwelle (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · lt alkūninis velenas (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · tl sikaran (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · af krukas (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · id kruk as (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · ru коленва́л (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · pl wał korbowy (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · ro vilbrochen (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · id poros engkol (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · fr vilebrequin (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · nn veivaksel (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · nb veivaksel (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · mk коле́несто вра́тило (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · pt virabrequim (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · kk иінді білік (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · es cigüeñal (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · ar عَمُود الْمِرْفَق (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · nn veivaksling (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · cmn 曲軸 /曲轴 (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · hu főtengely (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · ca cigonyal (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · cy crancsiafft (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · pt cambota (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · cs kliková hřídel (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · tr krank mili (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · sv vevaxel (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · el στροφαλοφόρος άξονας (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · he גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · sh koljeničasta osovina (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · hy ծնկաձև լիսեռ (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · hu forgattyústengely (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · it albero a gomiti (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · id bandul (rotating shaft that drives a crank) · ja クランクシャフト (rotating shaft that drives a crank)

wikidata: Q49718

crankshaft en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From crank + shaft.

Meanings

1. (of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
   • The attachment of the inboard end of the gear beam was damaged but remained intact; the drag strut fuse pin had 'crankshafted' in a direction indicating that a load had been applied in tension but this had also remained intact. 2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.12.3.3 Landing gear examination”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008, archived from the original on 16 Jun 2022, page 44:

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