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link motion

link motion noun: a valve gear consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar (the link) in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cutoff varied.

Noun

link motion (plural link motions)

  1. (dated) A valve gear consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar (the link) in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cutoff varied.
    • The eccentric rods and eccentric straps are then coupled up. The eccentric sheaves have already been keyed on at the proper angle to the crank axle in the wheel shop, and nothing remains to be done but to place the straps and rods in position, and couple the latter to the links of the link motion...1921, Ernest Leopold Ahrons, Steam Locomotive Construction and Maintenance, Chapter VIII

Forms of link motion

plurallink motions

Questions about link motion

What does link motion mean?
Link motion means a valve gear consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar (the link) in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cutoff varied.
What part of speech is link motion?
Link motion is a noun.
What is the plural of link motion?
The plural of link motion is link motions.

Words near link motion in the dictionary

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  2. link in
  3. link juice
  4. link language
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  8. link out
  9. link rat
  10. link rot
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