feather key

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• feather key — noun in machinery : a sunk key without taper that is permanently fixed in one of the connected pieces and that is a sliding fit in a keyway in the other so as to permit relative longitudinal motion called also spline * * * Mach. a rectangular key …   Useful english dictionary

• feather key — Mach. a rectangular key connecting the keyways of a shaft and a hub of a gear, pulley, etc., fastened in one keyway and free to slide in the other so that the hub can drive or be driven by the shaft at various positions along it. Also called… …   Universalium

• feather key —   n.    a type of flat key used for the original Yale pin tumbler mortise locks …   Locksmith dictionary

• feather key — A key with parallel faces whose ends may be round or square. It usually fits into a groove on a shaft and in a mating hole to secure the shaft in place …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• feather — featherless, adj. featherlessness, n. featherlike, adj. /fedh euhr/, n. 1. one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner,… …   Universalium

• key — [1] A parallel sided piece inserted into a groove cut part way into each of two parts, which prevents slippage between the two parts and they rotate together. Used to secure gears, pulleys, cranks, handles, etc. [2] A metal instrument for turning …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• FEATHER, LEONARD — (1914–1994), jazz critic, producer, composer, lyricist, and instrumentalist. Feather was born into an upper middle class Jewish family in the London suburbs and was supposed to follow his father into the family garment business, but after a… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Feather duster — High quality ostrich feather duster A feather duster is an implement used for cleaning. It consists typically of a wooden dowel handle and feathers from either the male or female ostrich bird that are wound onto the handle by a wrapped wire.… …   Wikipedia

• parallel key — See feather key …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• Psittacine beak and feather disease — is a viral disease affecting all Old World and New World Parrots (Psittacini, Hookbills). The virus attacks the feather follicles and the beak and claws growing cells of the bird, causing progressive feather malformation and necrosis. In later… …   Wikipedia

• Red Feather Lakes Community Library — Infobox Library library name = Red Feather Lakes Community Library name en = library caption = country = USA type = scope = established = 1969 ref legal mandate = location = 71 Firehouse Lane Red Feather Lakes, CO coordinates = branch of = num… …   Wikipedia