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equalising beams

equalising beams is the plural of equalising beam.

Meaning of equalising beam

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

Questions about equalising beams

What is equalising beams the plural of?
Equalising beams is the plural of equalising beam.

Words near equalising beams in the dictionary

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

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