connecting rod

nounMachinery.

a rod or link for transmitting motion and force between a rotating and a reciprocating part, as between a piston and a crankshaft.

Origin of connecting rod

First recorded in 1830–40

Words Nearby connecting rod

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How to use connecting rod in a sentence

The connecting rod clamps to a smooth, oiled cylindrical surface on the crankshaft called a crankpin, which enables the piston to be raised and lowered inside of an engine’s cylinder as the crankshaft rotates.
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Each piston inside of a motor is attached to the engine’s crankshaft via a connecting rod.
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A connecting rod worked a balance-beam, which worked the air-pump, feed-pump, and plug-rod for moving the valves.
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The main connecting rod, of course, acts in the same way as in the ordinary case where each cylinder has its separate crank pin.
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In Figures 220 and 221 is a drawing of a connecting rod drawn, put together as it would be for the lathe, vise or erecting shop.
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The cylinder walls and wrist pins are lubricated by oil spray thrown from the lower end of connecting rod bearings.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred Pag
Upon A-7a and A-5a engines a small tube supplies oil from connecting rod bearing directly upon the wrist pin.
Aviation Engines | Victor Wilfred Pag

British Dictionary definitions for connecting rod

connecting rod

noun

a rod or bar for transmitting motion, esp one that connects a rotating part to a reciprocating part
such a rod that connects the piston to the crankshaft in an internal-combustion engine or reciprocating pump: See also big end, little end

a similar rod that connects the crosshead of a steam engine to the crank

Often shortened to: con rod

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