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drag link

American  

noun

Machinery.

  1. a link connecting cranks on parallel shafts.

drag link British  

noun

  1. a link for conveying motion between cranks on parallel shafts that are slightly offset. It is used in cars to connect the steering gear to the steering arm

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Etymology

Origin of drag link

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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A drag link mechanism now makes sense to me.

From Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt by Ferguson, Eugene S.

His three patents, which were for various forms of steamboat feathering paddle wheels, involved linkages kinematically similar to the drag link coupling, although it is quite unlikely that Oldham recognized the similarity.

From Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt by Ferguson, Eugene S.

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