double-acting
(of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders.: Compare single-acting.
(of a hinge of a door or the like) permitting movement in either direction from the normal, or closed, position.
having twice the usual effectiveness, strength, use, etc.
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How to use double-acting in a sentence
He worked at Dolcoath the 63-inch cylinder double-acting engine, upon Boulton and Watt's plan.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2) | Francis TrevithickA table mounted with one blow-pipe made on this plan, and worked by a double-acting bellows, is recommended for students' use.
On Laboratory Arts | Richard ThrelfallSome double-acting cylinders have a piston rod half the area of the piston.
The double-acting Force Pump is in principle a double plunger pump.
This company substituted a double-acting pump early in 1910.
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British Dictionary definitions for double-acting
(of a reciprocating engine or pump) having a piston or pistons that are pressurized alternately on opposite sides: Compare single-acting
(of a hinge, door, etc) having complementary actions in opposed directions
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