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timing chain

timing chain noun: a chain (specifically, a roller chain) which connects the crankshaft and the camshaft of an engine, synchronizing the operation of the inlet and exhaust valves.

timing chain: a chain (specifically, a roller chain) which connects the crankshaft and the camshaft of an engine,...
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Noun

timing chain (plural timing chains)

  1. A chain (specifically, a roller chain) which connects the crankshaft and the camshaft of an engine, synchronizing the operation of the inlet and exhaust valves.

timing chain meaning in Tamil and Indonesian

timing chain in Tamil

நேரப்படுத்துசங்கிலி

timing chain in Indonesian

timing chain
rantai keteng

Forms of timing chain

pluraltiming chains

Questions about timing chain

What does timing chain mean?
Timing chain means a chain (specifically, a roller chain) which connects the crankshaft and the camshaft of an engine, synchronizing the operation of the inlet and exhaust valves.
What is timing chain in Tamil?
Timing chain in Tamil is நேரப்படுத்துசங்கிலி. See Timing chain meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is timing chain?
Timing chain is a noun.
What is the plural of timing chain?
The plural of timing chain is timing chains.

Words near timing chain in the dictionary

  1. timidsome
  2. Timika
  3. timing
  4. timing belt
  5. timing belts
  6. timing chain
  7. timing chains
  8. timing in
  9. timing is everything
  10. timing it out
  11. timing out

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Adapted from Wiktionary: timing chain (page history and authors); timing chain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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