single-acting

American  

[sing-guhl-ak-ting] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˈæk tɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction.

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single-acting British  

adjective

1. (of a reciprocating engine or pump) having a piston or pistons that are pressurized on one side only Compare double-acting

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Etymology

Origin of single-acting

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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single-acting

This shows a design for a model single-cylinder, single-acting steam-engine.

From Boys' Book of Model Boats by Raymond F. (Raymond Francis) Yates

As you are aware, it is a single-acting engine, in which the gas and air are drawn in by the first outward, and compressed by the first inward stroke.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 by Various

Smaller pumps, having one double-acting or two single-acting cylinders, are also used for shallow water work.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" by Various

Their engines are single-acting, and the small or high-pressure cylinder is placed on the top of the larger or low-pressure cylinder.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Robert H. Thurston

In the year 1827, Perkins had attained working pressures, in a single-acting, single-cylinder engine, of upward of 800 pounds per square inch.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Robert H. Thurston