wrist pin
Americannoun
noun
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a cylindrical boss or pin attached to the side of a wheel parallel with the axis, esp one forming a bearing for a crank
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Also called (esp in Britain): gudgeon pin. the pin through the skirt of a piston in an internal-combustion engine, to which the little end of the connecting rod is attached
Etymology
Origin of wrist pin
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
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The pistons are supplied in a Kit Package that includes rings, wrist pin and circlips.�
From Time Magazine Archive
Some engineers think it advisable to oscillate the wrist pin in the piston bosses, instead of in the connecting rod small end.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
The wrist pin is provided with a hole of sufficient size to receive the plunger, which is kept in place by means of a spring in back of it.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
The small end is bored out to receive the wrist pin which joins it to the piston, while the large end has a hole of sufficient size to go on the crank-pin.
From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred
In a new engine you will find that these two halves do not meet on the wrist pin by at least one-eighth of an inch.
From Rough and Tumble Engineering by Maggard, James H.
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