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crank axles

crank axles is the plural of crank axle.

Meaning of crank axle

Noun

crank axle (plural crank axles)

  1. An axle formed in the manner of a crankshaft in an internal-combustion engine, having one or two cranked sections driven from one or two cylinders inside the main frames.
    • Except in the case of the largest 4-6-2, not yet in contemplation, use of two [outside] cylinders only was decided on for the following reasons:— […] 3. The crank axle is expensive in first cost and maintenance.1951 July, “British Standard Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 441

Questions about crank axles

What is crank axles the plural of?
Crank axles is the plural of crank axle.

Words near crank axles in the dictionary

  1. crank angle degrees
  2. crank angles
  3. crank arm
  4. crank arms
  5. crank axle
  6. crank axles
  7. crank bug
  8. crank bugs
  9. crank call
  10. crank caller
  11. crank callers

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