countershafts
countershafts is the plural of countershaft.
countershafts is the third-person singular simple present indicative of countershaft.
Meaning of countershaft
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
Questions about countershafts
- What is countershafts the plural of?
- Countershafts is the plural of countershaft.
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