piston rod en · NOUN
Meanings
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A rod or bar in an engine that connects a piston to a crosshead.
The cylinder barrels are lubricated by non-atomised feeds introduced at top and bottom. The remaining non-atomised feeds are to the piston rod packing and the valve spindle rear bush.
1956 April, “"Merchant Navy" Class Pacific Modified”, in Railway Magazine, page 211:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| piston rods | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
con rod · connecting rod · con-rod
Translations (6)
bg мотовилка (rod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead) · lv virzuļa pirksts (rod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead) · sh stapajica (rod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead) · bg биела (rod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead) · mi tāuhu kōkeke (rod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead) · sh klipnjača (rod or bar that connects a piston to a crosshead)