timing chain

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noun

a chain for driving the camshaft of an internal-combustion engine from the crankshaft.

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You expect soldiers of all ranks to understand the need to respect the chain of command, regardless of personal feelings.
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To the uninitiated, this might smack of poor taste and inappropriate timing.
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Say what you want about Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F), the chain has done something special.
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After the scanning takes place, KSM is led down a long corridor flanked by chain-link fences.
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When Lewis was shipped off to Vietnam, his son was just three months old, and the timing of the assignment worried Lewis.
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She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
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Then he closed the spring with a snap, and she let him pass the chain over her hand once more.
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From the ceiling, which was divided into compartments painted in dark red and blue, hung a heavy lamp by a chain of gilded silver.
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An amount of slack in the chain caused the balls to knock on passing this roller before entering the pump bottom.
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The large size of the rag-wheel gave the rapidly revolving chain and balls a great speed.
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