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Geneva mechanisms

Geneva mechanisms is the plural of Geneva mechanism.

Meaning of Geneva mechanism

Noun

Geneva mechanism (plural Geneva mechanisms)

  1. A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion, using an intermittent gear where the drive wheel has a pin that reaches into a slot of the driven wheel and thereby advances it by one step, and having a raised circular blocking disc that locks the driven wheel in position between steps.

Questions about Geneva mechanisms

What is Geneva mechanisms the plural of?
Geneva mechanisms is the plural of Geneva mechanism.

Words near Geneva mechanisms in the dictionary

  1. Geneva drive
  2. Geneva drives
  3. Geneva gown
  4. Geneva gowns
  5. Geneva mechanism
  6. Geneva mechanisms
  7. Geneva sauce
  8. Geneva wheel
  9. Geneva wheels
  10. Genevan
  11. Genevanism

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