direct-acting
[dih-rekt-ak-ting, dahy-]
- (of a steam pump) having the steam pistons connected directly to the pump pistons without a crankshaft or flywheel.
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Origin of direct-acting
First recorded in 1855–60
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Direct-acting compressors are liable to center when doing work at slow speed.
Fishers carriages were driven by direct-acting engines, one cylinder on each side of the smoke-box.
Automobile BiographiesLyman Horace Weeks
Ricketts later engines had spur wheels; but his last engines were direct-acting.
Automobile BiographiesLyman Horace Weeks
Each was fitted with a Blake, horizontal, direct-acting, vacuum pump.
It was worked by a pair of direct-acting engines, coupled to the crank shaft.
Automobile BiographiesLyman Horace Weeks