countershaft
countershaft noun: synonym of jackshaft (“a mechanical component for rotational force”).
Noun
countershaft (plural countershafts)
- Synonym of jackshaft (“a mechanical component for rotational force”).
- Instead of the pistons driving through the connecting-rods directly on to the wheels that carry the weight of the engine, the Drachenfels piston and connecting-rod drove on to a countershaft which carried two small cog wheels. The latter engaged with two larger gears, between which, and on the same...1952 December, John C. Gillham, “Rack Railways at Königswinter”, in Railway Magazine, page 843
- Synonyms:
- jackshaft
Verb
countershaft (third-person singular simple present countershafts, present participle countershafting, simple past and past participle countershafted)
Synonyms of countershaft
Forms of countershaft
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | countershafts |
| alternative form | counter shaft |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | countershafts |
| present participle | countershafting |
| past participle | countershafted |
| past | countershafted |
Origin of countershaft
From counter- + shaft.
Questions about countershaft
- What does countershaft mean?
- Countershaft means synonym of jackshaft (“a mechanical component for rotational force”).
- What part of speech is countershaft?
- Countershaft can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of countershaft?
- The plural of countershaft is countershafts.
Words near countershaft in the dictionary
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