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chain-driven

chain-driven adjective: referring to the transmission of power by means of a suitable endless chain, such as a bicycle chain.

Adjective

chain-driven (not comparable)

  1. Referring to the transmission of power by means of a suitable endless chain, such as a bicycle chain.
    • No description of the Bulleid patent chain-driven valve-motion for locomotives has yet been made public, and until this happens we are unable to satisfy the interest of many readers in this unique locomotive equipment.1946 November and December, “The Why and The Wherefore: Chain-Driven Valve-Motion”, in Railway Magazine, page 391

Questions about chain-driven

What does chain-driven mean?
Chain-driven means referring to the transmission of power by means of a suitable endless chain, such as a bicycle chain.
What part of speech is chain-driven?
Chain-driven is an adjective.

Words near chain-driven in the dictionary

  1. chain vipers
  2. chain whip
  3. chain whips
  4. chain-cable
  5. chain-cables
  6. chain-driven
  7. chain-ganger
  8. chain-gangers
  9. chain-ladder method
  10. chain-light
  11. chain-lighted

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