parallel motion

American  

noun

1. a mechanism arranged so as to impart rectilinear motion to a rod connected to a lever that moves through an arc.

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Etymology

Origin of parallel motion

First recorded in 1820–30

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parallel motion

“It’s three minor 9th chords in parallel motion — it’s carrying you,” says original “Everybody Loves the Sunshine” keyboardist Philip Woo.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2026

At times, sound and image achieve an exhilarating synchronicity, as when stripes are hurtling across the screen and Reich’s instruments are racing in parallel motion.

From The New Yorker ● May 20, 2019

"The perfect parallel motion of Peaucellier looks so simple," he observed, "and moves so easily that people who see it at work almost universally express astonishment that it waited so long to be discovered."

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

This species of packing answers very well when the parallel motion is true, and the piston rod free from scratches, and it accomplishes a material saving of tallow.

From A Catechism of the Steam Engine by Bourne, John, C.E.

A clever workman invented a means of producing this effect by the application of a parallel motion.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 470, January 3, 1885 by Various