single-acting

American  

[sing-guhl-ak-ting] / ˈsɪŋ gəlˈæk tɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction.

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single-acting British  

adjective

1. (of a reciprocating engine or pump) having a piston or pistons that are pressurized on one side only Compare double-acting

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Etymology

Origin of single-acting

First recorded in 1815–25

Example Sentences

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single-acting

In the year 1827, Perkins had attained working pressures, in a single-acting, single-cylinder engine, of upward of 800 pounds per square inch.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.

Their engines are single-acting, and the small or high-pressure cylinder is placed on the top of the larger or low-pressure cylinder.

From A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine by Thurston, Robert H.

This led to the construction of single-acting inverted oscillating engines with high and low pressure cylinders, and with admission and exhaust ports to avoid the complication and weight of eccentric and valves.

From A History of Aeronautics by Vivian, Evelyn Charles

In the single-acting engines the D valve is modified.

From Boys' Book of Model Boats by Yates, Raymond F. (Raymond Francis)

The double-acting engine, unlike the single-acting pumping engine, required a piston rod that would push as well as pull.

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