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reversing shafts

reversing shafts is the plural of reversing shaft.

Meaning of reversing shaft

Noun

reversing shaft (plural reversing shafts)

  1. A shaft which permits a reversal of the order of steam passage through the ports of a steam engine.

Questions about reversing shafts

What is reversing shafts the plural of?
Reversing shafts is the plural of reversing shaft.

Words near reversing shafts in the dictionary

  1. reversing loops
  2. reversing machine
  3. reversing machines
  4. reversing out
  5. reversing shaft
  6. reversing shafts
  7. reversing siding
  8. reversing sidings
  9. reversing the charges
  10. reversing thermometer
  11. reversing thermometers

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