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equalising beam

equalising beam noun: a steel beam linking the suspension of two or more adjacent axles of a vehicle with at least two axles, especially on railway locomotive bogies.

Noun

equalising beam (plural equalising beams)

  1. (UK) A steel beam linking the suspension of two or more adjacent axles of a vehicle with at least two axles, especially on railway locomotive bogies.
    • Main suspension is by four triple nests of coil springs, which are mounted in spring cups on the forged steel underslung equalising beams. The equalising beam ends fit into stirrups cast integral with the Skefko self-aligning roller-bearing axleboxes. Woodhead-Monroe shock absorbers are fitted...1962 December, “The B.R. standard diesel-electric Type 1 locomotive”, in Modern Railways, page 382

Forms of equalising beam

pluralequalising beams
alternative formequalizing beam

Questions about equalising beam

What does equalising beam mean?
Equalising beam means a steel beam linking the suspension of two or more adjacent axles of a vehicle with at least two axles, especially on railway locomotive bogies.
What part of speech is equalising beam?
Equalising beam is a noun.
What is the plural of equalising beam?
The plural of equalising beam is equalising beams.

Words near equalising beam in the dictionary

  1. equalised
  2. equaliser
  3. equalisers
  4. equalises
  5. equalising
  6. equalising beam
  7. equalising beams
  8. equalism
  9. equalist
  10. equalists
  11. equalitarian

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