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2 crank
кривошип (рис. 137); кривошипный рычаг; коленчатый рычаг; коленчатое соединение, колено; угольник; ручка, рукоятка; заводная рукоятка; пусковая рукоятка; II запускать двигатель (при помощи пусковой рукоятки); проворачивать коленчатый вал двигателя; сгибать в колено; вращать рукоятку; поворачивать вал двигателя; заводить - crank and connecting-rod assembly - crank angle indicator diagram - crank angle sensor - crank angle sensor circuit - crank angle sensor signal - crank angle signal - crank button - crank cotter - crank disk - crank drive - crank-driven - crank duster - crank effort - crank end - crank gear - crank gearing - crank-guide - crank hammer - crank handle - crank inductor - crank journal - crank latch - crank lever - crank lever tightener - crank line - crank link - crank mandrel - crank mechanism - crank motion - crank nose - crank-operated window - crank pin - crank pin stop - crank pin stop bushing - crank pin stop spring - crank pin thrust surface - crank pit - crank plate - crank portion of shaft - crank position - crank press - crank pulley key - crank pump - crank race - crank radius - crank relay - crank roller - crank shaft - crank shaft drive - crank-shaft end float - crank-shaft flywheel - crank shaper - crank shears - crank signal - crank starter - crank starting - crank starting handle - crank starting nut - crank stud - crank terminate - crank terminate adjustment - crank terminate latch circuit - crank terminate relay - crank test - crank throw - crank thrust bearing - crank time - crank turning moment - crank-type pusher - crank up - crank web - crank weight - crank wheel - adjustable crank - bell-crank lever - bodr of crank - brake crank - centre crank - chain terminal crank - coupling crank - cycle crank - cycle crank feature - cycle crank module - disk crank - divided crank - double crank - double crank arm - double crank press - driving crank - feed crank - feeder gate crank - fly crank - front crank seal - fuel shutoff-crank terminate - grate crank - hand crank - inner crank - inside crank - keyed-on crank - knocking of crank - main crank - measure wear down of crank shaft - mechanical crank drive - oblique crank web - operating crank - opposite cranks - oscillating crank drive - oscillating crank gear - outer crank - outside crank - overhung crank - parallel crank mechanism - pedal crank - pressed-on crank - return crank - rotating crank - running-over crank - running-under crank - safety starting crank - shrunk-on crank - side crank - single-crank press - single throw crank - slope crank - slot and crank - slot-and-crank drive - sloted crank plate - spread gyro-angle hand crank - square-to-round crank - stabilizer crank - starting crank - starting crank bracket - starting crank claw - starting crank handle - starting crank jaw - starting crank pin - starting-crank ratchet - starting crank socket cap - steering crank - thickness control crank - three-throw crank - throw of a crank - top dead center crank sensor - TDC crank sensor - translating crank - twin crank - two-part crank - window crank -
3 crank
1) колено вала
2) кривошип
3) кривошипно-шатунный
4) кривошипный
5) кулиса
6) кулисный
7) мотыль
8) проворот
9) рычаг
– built-up crank
– control crank
– crank arm
– crank back-balance
– crank drive
– crank engine
– crank mechanism
– crank pin
– crank plate
– crank pump
– crank radius
– crank shears
– crank web
– inner crank
– outer crank
– throw of crank
– twin crank
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4 engine
1) двигатель
2) машина-двигатель
3) мотостроительный
4) скоропечатный
5) мотор
6) механизм
7) орудие
8) инструмент
9) локомотив
10) моторный
– accelerate the engine
– air-breathing jet engine
– air-cooled engine
– aircraft engine
– altitude engine
– arc-heating jet engine
– atmospheric jet engine
– augmented engine
– axial engine
– basic engine
– beam engine
– birotary engine
– boat engine
– build up engine
– bypass engine
– carburetor engine
– carburettor engine
– compound engine
– compression-ignition engine
– cowl engine
– crank engine
– cross-head engine
– crosshead engine
– crude oil engine
– cruise engine
– decelerate the engine
– diaphragm engine
– diesel engine
– double-acting engine
– double-row engine
– ducted-fan engine
– electric engine
– engine bay
– engine bed
– engine block
– engine brake
– engine braking
– engine break-away
– engine capacity
– engine case
– engine control
– engine cowling
– engine cycle
– engine department
– engine flameout
– engine frame
– engine hatch
– engine is dead
– engine is generating
– engine is running
– engine misses
– engine motoring
– engine mounting
– engine nacelle
– engine performance
– engine pings
– engine press
– engine reconditioning
– engine relay
– engine room
– engine rpm indicator
– engine shutdown
– engine smokes
– engine speed
– engine stalls
– engine support
– engine telegraph
– engine throttle
– engine torque
– engine tune-up
– engine works
– engine yard
– explosion engine
– flood engine
– flush engine
– four-cycle engine
– four-stroke engine
– free-piston engine
– fuel-injection engine
– fuel-pump engine
– gas turbine jet engine
– gas-turbine engine
– gasoline engine
– geared engine
– heat engine
– heavy-oil engine
– high-speed engine
– hoist engine
– hot-bulb engine
– hydraulic engine
– hydrojet engine
– in-line engine
– industrial engine
– ion rocket jet engine
– jet engine
– jet engine fuel
– left-hand engine
– lift engine
– liquid-cooled engine
– liquid-propellant jet engine
– loop-scavenged engine
– low-compression engine
– low-speed engine
– marine engine
– micro engine
– multibank engine
– multicrank engine
– multinozzle engine
– multipropellant engine
– multirow engine
– non-reversible engine
– nuclear engine
– outboard engine
– overhauled engine
– overhead engine
– piston engine
– plate-measuring engine
– pod-type engine
– power of an engine
– prime engine
– production engine
– prototype engine
– pulsejet engine
– racing of engine
– radial engine
– ramjet engine
– relight engine
– restart of engine
– rev up engine
– reversible engine
– revving-up engine
– right-hand engine
– rocket engine
– rotary-piston engine
– run in engine
– self-ignition engine
– semidiesel engine
– short-stroke engine
– sing-acting engine
– spark-ignition engine
– stand-by engine
– start engine
– starting engine
– steam engine
– steering engine
– supercharged engine
– supercompression engine
– sustainer engine
– switch engine
– tear-down of engine
– traction engine
– tune engine
– turbo-ramjet engine
– turbocharged engine
– turbojet engine
– turboprop engine
– turborocket engine
– turboshaft engine
– two-cycle engine
– two-stroke engine
– uncooled engine
– unsupercharged engine
– variable-stroke engine
– vectored-thrust engine
– Vee of engine
– Wankel engine
– water-cooled engine
aircraft engine mechanic — <aeron.> авиамоторист
back-pressure steam engine — паровая машина с противодавлением
bipropellant rocket engine — < rocket> двигатель двухкомпонентный
diesel locomotive engine — < railways> двигатель тепловозный
engine is installed as a unit — двигатель устанавливается в сборе
hybrid rocket engine — < rocket> двигатель ракетный комбинированный
jet engine starter system — <engin.> турбостартер
liquid-fuel rocket engine — <cosm.> двигатель реактивный жидкостный
liquid-propellant rocket engine — жидкостный ракетный двигатель
monopropellant rocket engine — < rocket> двигатель ракетный однокомпонентный
solid-propellant rocket engine — < rocket> двигатель ракетный твердотопливный
spontaneous ignition engine — < rocket> двигатель самореагирующий
twin ramjet engine — <engin.> двигатель прямоточнный спаренный
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5 engine
двигатель (внутреннего сгорания); машина; мотор- engine analyzer - engine and gearbox unit - engine area - engine assembly - engine assembly shop - engine bonnet - engine braking force - engine breathing - engine-building - engine capacity - engine cleansing agents - engine column - engine component - engine conk - engine control - engine-cooling - engine-cooling thermometer - engine cowl flap - engine cross-drive casing - engine cutoff - engine cycle - engine data - engine deck - engine department - engine details - engine diagnostic connector - engine-driven air compressor - engine-driven industrial shop truck - engine dry weight - engine efficiency - engine failure - engine fan pulley - engine flameout - engine flywheel - engine for different fuels - engine frame - engine front - engine front area - engine front support bracket - engine fuel - engine gearbox - engine-gearbox unit - engine-generator - engine-governed speed - engine governor - engine gum - engine hatch - engine hoist - engine hood - engine house - engine idles rough - engine in situ - engine installation - engine is smooth - engine is tractable - engine knock - engine lacquer - engine life - engine lifetime pecypc - engine lifting bracket - engine lifting fixture - engine lifting hook - engine location - engine lubrication system - engine lug - engine management - engine management system - engine map - engine misfires - engine model - engine motoring - engine mount - engine-mounted - engine mounted longitudinally - engine mounted transversally - engine mounting - engine-mounting bracket - engine nameplate - engine noise - engine number - engine off - engine oil - engine oil capacity - engine oil filler cap - engine oil filling cap - engine oil tank - engine on - engine operating temperature - engine out of work - engine output - engine overhaul - engine pan - engine peak speed - engine performance - engine picks up - engine pings - engine piston - engine plant - engine power - engine pressure - engine primer - engine rating - engine rear support - engine reconditioning - engine renovation - engine repair stand - engine retarder - engine revolution counter - engine rig test - engine room - engine roughness - engine rpm indicator - engine run-in - engine runs rough - engine runs roughly - engine shaft - engine shed - engine shield - engine shop - engine shorting-out - engine shutdown - engine sludge - engine snubber - engine speed - engine speed sensor - engine stability - engine stalls - engine start - engine starting system - engine starts per day - engine stroke - engine subframe - engine sump - engine sump well - engine support - engine temperature sensor - engine test stand - engine testing room - engine throttle - engine timing case - engine-to-cabin passthrough aperture - engine-transmission unit - engine torque - engine trends - engine trouble - engine tune-up - engine turning at peak revolution - engine under seat - engine unit - engine vacuum checking gauge - engine valve - engine varnish - engine vibration - engine wash - engine water inlet - engine water outlet - engine wear - engine weight - engine weight per horsepower - engine winterization system - engine with supercharger - engine wobble - engine works - engine yard - engine's flexibility - aero-engine - atmospheric engine - atmospheric steam engine - atomic engine - augmented engine - AV-1 engine - aviation engine - back-up engine - birotary engine - blast-injection diesel engine - blower-cooled engine - bored-out engine - boxer engine - bull engine - car engine - charge-cooled engine - crank engine - crankcase-scavenged engine - crude engine - crude-oil engine - diaphragm engine - diesel-electric engine - Diesel engine - Diesel engine with air cell - Diesel engine with antechamber - Diesel engine with direct injection - Diesel engine with mechanical injection - direct injection engine - divided-chamber engine - double-flow engine - double-overhead camshaft engine - drilling engine - driving engine - drop-valve engine - ducted-fan engine - duofuel engine - emergency engine - explosion engine - external combustion engine - external-internal combustion engine - F-head engine - failed engine - fan engine - federal engine - field engine - fire-engine - five-cylinder engine - fixed engine - flame engine - flat engine - flat-four engine - flat twin engine - flexibly mounted engine - forced-induction engine - four-cycle engine - four-cylinder engine - four-stroke engine - free-piston engine - free-piston gas generator engine - front-mounted engine - free-turbine engine - fuel-injection engine - full-load engine - gas engine - gas blowing engine - gas-power engine - gas-turbine engine - gasoline engine - geared engine - heat engine - heavy-duty engine - heavy-oil engine - high-by-pass-ratio turbofan engine - high-compression engine - high-efficiency engine - high-performance engine - high-power engine - high-speed engine - hoisting engine - hopped-up engine - horizontal engine - horizontally opposed engine - hot engine - hot-air engine - hot-bulb engine - hydrogen engine - I-head engine - in-line engine - inclined engine - indirect injection engine - individual-cylinder engine - industrial engine - inhibited engine - injection oil engine - injection-type engine - intercooled diesel engine - intermittent-cycle engine - internal combustion engine - inverted engine - inverted Vee-engine - jet engine - jet-propulsion engine - kerosene engine - knock test engine - L-head engine - launch engine - lean-burn engine - left-hand engine - lift engine - light engine - liquid-cooled engine - liquid propane engine - locomotive engine - longitudinal engine - long-stroke engine - low-compression engine - low-consumption engine - low-emission engine - low-performance engine - low-speed engine - marine engine - modular engine - monosoupape engine - motor engine - motor an engine round - motor-boat engine - motor-fire engine - motorcycle engine - motored engine - multibank engine - multicarburetor engine - multicrank engine - multicylinder engine - multifuel engine - multirow engine - naturally aspirated engine - non-compression engine - non-condensing engine - non-exhaust valve engine - non-poppet valve engine - non-reversible engine - nuclear engine - oil engine - oil-electric engine - oil well drilling engine - one-cylinder engine - operating engine - opposed engine - opposed cylinders engine - Otto engine - out-board engine - overcooled engine - overhead valve engine - oversquare engine - overstroke engine - pancake engine - paraffin engine - paraffine engine - petrol engine - Petter AV-1 Diesel engine - pilot engine - piston engine - piston blast engine - port engine - precombustion chamber engine - prime an engine - producer-gas engine - production engine - prototype engine - pumping engine - pushrod engine - quadruple-expansion engine - qual-cam engine - racing engine - radial engine - radial cylinder engine - radial second motion engine - railway engine - ram induction engine - ram-jet engine - reaction engine - rear-mounted engine - rebuilt engine - reciprocating engine - reciprocating piston engine - reconditioned engine - regenerative engine - regular engine - reheat engine - research-cylinder engine - reversible engine - reversing engine - right-hand engine - rocket engine - rotary engine - rough engine - row engine - run in an engine - scavenged gasoline engine - scavenging engine - sea-level engine - second-motion engine - self-ignition engine - semidiesel engine - series-wound engine - servo-engine - short-life engine - short-stroke engine - shorted-out engine - shunting engine - shunt-wound engine - side-by-side engine - side-valve engine - simple-expansion engine - single-acting engine - single-chamber rocket engine - single-cylinder engine - single-cylinder test engine - single-row engine - six-cylinder engine - skid engine - slanted engine - sleeve-valve engine - sleeveless engine - slide-valve engine - slope engine - slow-running engine - slow-speed engine - small-bore engine - small-displacement engine - solid-injection engine - spark-ignition engine - spark-ignition fuel-injection engine - split-compressor engine - square engine - square stroke engine - stalled engine - stand-by engine - start the engine cold - start the engine light - start the engine warm- hot- starting engine - static engine - stationary engine - steam engine - steering engine - Stirling engine - straight-eight engine - straight-line engine - straight-type engine - stratified charge engine - stripped engine - submersible engine - suction gas engine - supercharged engine - supercompression engine - supplementary engine - swash-plate engine - switching engine - tandem engine - tank engine - thermal engine - three-cylinder engine - traction engine - triple-expansion engine - tractor engine - transversally-mounted engine - truck engine - trunk-piston Diesel engine - turbine engine - turbo-jet engine - turbo-charged engine - turbo-compound engine - turbo-prop engine - turbo-ramjet engine - turbo-supercharged engine - turbocharged-and-aftercooled engine - turbofan engine - turboprop engine - twin engine - twin cam engine - twin crankshaft engine - twin six engine - two-bank engine - two-cycle engine - two-cylinder engine - two-spool engine - two-stroke engine - unblown engine - uncooled engine - underfloor engine - undersquare engine - uniflow engine - unsupercharged engine - uprated engine - V-engine - V-type engine - valve-in-the-head engine - valveless engine - vaporizer engine - vaporizing-oil engine - variable compression engine - variable-stroke engine - variable valve-timing engine - vee engine - vertical engine - vertical turn engine - vertical vortex engine - W-type engine - Wankel engine - warm engine - waste-heat engine - water-cooled engine - winding engine - windshield wiper engine - woolly-type engine - worn engine - X-engine - Y-engine - yard engine -
6 engine
1) двигатель, мотор2) машина; механизм3) локомотив4) орудие, средство•to accelerate the engine — прибавлять обороты, увеличивать обороты, разгонять двигатель
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7 engine
1) машина2) механизм3) двигатель4) устанавливать машину5) снабжать двигателем -
8 engine
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9 crank
crank [kræŋk]1 noun∎ a religious crank un (une) fanatique;∎ she's a bit of a crank elle est un peu allumée;∎ what a crank! quel allumé!(c) Technology manivelle f(engine) démarrer à la manivelle; (gramophone) remonter à la manivelle;∎ to crank the shutters up/down remonter/baisser les volets (à la manivelle)►► Technology crank handle manivelle f∎ this is the fourth novel he's cranked out this year c'est le quatrième roman d'affilée qu'il sort cette année➲ crank up∎ crank up the volume monte le son∎ to get things cranked up mettre tout en placefamiliar drugs slang se shooter -
10 crank
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11 crank
A n1 ○ péj ( freak) fanatique mf, fana ○ mf ; a health-food crank un/une fanatique or fana ○ d'aliments naturels ;2 Tech manivelle f ;B vtr faire démarrer [qch] à la manivelle [car, engine] ; remonter [qch] (à la manivelle) [gramophone].■ crank out:▶ crank out [sth], crank [sth] out produire [essay, novel, film].■ crank up: -
12 crank up
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13 crank
1) кривошип2) коленчатый рычаг; (угловая) рукоятка3) заводная (пусковая) рукоятка || заводить (запускать) рукояткой, проворачивать коленчатый вал ( двигателя)4) кулиса• -
14 crank
I 1. noun(Mech. Engin.) [Hand]kurbel, die2. transitive verbII nouncrank [up] — ankurbeln
Irre, der/die (salopp)health crank — Gesundheitsfanatiker, der/-fanatikerin, die (ugs.)
* * *[kræŋk](a person with strange or odd ideas.) wunderlicher Kauz- academic.ru/17013/cranky">cranky- crankiness* * *crank1[kræŋk]crank2[kræŋk]health-food \crank Gesundheitsapostel m pejreligious \crank religiöser Spinner/religiöse Spinnerin pej\crank call Juxanruf mcrank3[kræŋk]I. n Kurbel fII. vt▪ to \crank sth engine, gramophone, telephone etw ankurbelnto \crank a handle eine Kurbel drehen* * *I [krŋk]n(= eccentric person) Spinner(in) m(f) (inf); (US = cross person) Griesgram m II1. n (MECH)Kurbel f2. vtankurbeln* * *crank [kræŋk]A s1. TECHa) Kurbel fb) Kurbelkröpfung f (einer Welle)c) Schwengel m2. HIST Tretmühle f (Strafinstrument)3. umga) Spinner(in)b) US Miesepeter m4. umg fixe Idee, Marotte f, Grille f5. Wortspiel n, -verdrehung fB v/t1. TECH kröpfencranking speed Anlassdrehzahl fb) den Motor, eine Maschine durchdrehenC v/i1. kurbelnD adj2. SCHIFF rank, leicht kenterbar* * *I 1. noun(Mech. Engin.) [Hand]kurbel, die2. transitive verbII nouncrank [up] — ankurbeln
Irre, der/die (salopp)health crank — Gesundheitsfanatiker, der/-fanatikerin, die (ugs.)
* * *n.Marotte -n f.Sonderling m.Spinner - m.fixe Idee f.wunderlicher Kauz m. v.krümmen v. -
15 crank
kræŋk(a person with strange or odd ideas.) chiflado, excéntrico, raro- cranky- crankiness
tr[kræŋk]1 (crankshaft) cigüeñal nombre masculino2 (starting handle) manivela1 (car) arrancar con la manivelacrank n1) : manivela f, manubrio m2) eccentric: excéntrico m, -ca fn.• acodado s.m.• chiflado s.m.• cigüeña s.f.• concepto raro s.m.• escote s.m.• malhumorado s.m.• manija s.f.• manivela s.f.• manubrio s.m.
I kræŋk1)a) ( Mech Eng) cigüeñal mb) crank (handle) ( Auto) manivela f (de arranque)2) (colloq)a) ( eccentric) maniático, -ca m,f, raro, -ra m,fb) ( bad-tempered person) (AmE) cascarrabias mf
II
transitive verb \<\<car\>\> (hacer*) arrancar* con la manivela
I [kræŋk]1.N (Tech) manivela f, manubrio m2.VT (also: crank up) [+ engine] hacer arrancar con la manivela- crank up
II
* [kræŋk]N (=eccentric person) excéntrico(-a) m / f ; (US) (=bad-tempered person) ogro * m, cascarrabias * mf inv* * *
I [kræŋk]1)a) ( Mech Eng) cigüeñal mb) crank (handle) ( Auto) manivela f (de arranque)2) (colloq)a) ( eccentric) maniático, -ca m,f, raro, -ra m,fb) ( bad-tempered person) (AmE) cascarrabias mf
II
transitive verb \<\<car\>\> (hacer*) arrancar* con la manivela -
16 crank
<tech.gen> (gen.; a rotating link) ■ Kurbel fcoll < build> (of windows) ■ Fensterkurbel f ; Handkurbel f ; Drehkurbel f ; Kurbelgriff m ; Kurbel f ugscoll <mvhcl.mot> ■ Kurbelwelle fvt <mech.eng> (provide sth with a crank; e.g. a shaft) ■ kröpfen vtvt <mvhcl.mot> (engine, w/o ignition) ■ durchdrehen vt ; starten vt -
17 crank up
vt1) ( turn with crank)to \crank up up <-> sth engine, gramophone, telephone etw ankurbelnto \crank up up the speed/ pressure die Geschwindigkeit/den Druck erhöhen;to \crank up the volume up on the radio das Radio lauter stellen -
18 crank
[kræŋk](a person with strange or odd ideas.) excêntrico- cranky- crankiness* * *[kræŋk] n 1 manivela. 2 Amer coll pessoa excêntrica. 3 Mech cotovelo, curva. • vt 1 acionar por meio de manivela, dar partida com manivela. 2 curvar em forma de manivela. 3 prover de manivela. to crank the engine colocar o motor em funcionamento. to crank up acionar com manivela. -
19 crank
/kræɳk/ * danh từ - lối chơi chữ, lối nói kỳ quặc - ý nghĩ quái gỡ; hành động kỳ quặc, hành động lập dị - người kỳ quặc, người lập dị - cái quay tay (máy hơi nước, máy nổ) * ngoại động từ - lắp quay tay - bẻ thành hình quay tay - (crank up) quay (máy) =to crank up an engine+ quay một cái máy * tính từ - không vững, ọp ẹp, xộc xệch - (hàng hải) tròng trành, không vững (tàu, thuyền) -
20 crank the engine
1) Техника: проворачивать двигатель2) Железнодорожный термин: заводить мотор crank turning moment вращающий момент кривошипа
См. также в других словарях:
crank — I. noun Etymology: Middle English cranke, from Old English cranc (as in crancstæf, a weaving instrument); probably akin to Middle High German krank weak, sick more at cringe Date: 13th century 1. a bent part of an axle or shaft or an arm keyed at … New Collegiate Dictionary
engine — noun 1 part of a vehicle that produces power ADJECTIVE ▪ big, powerful ▪ small ▪ twin engines ▪ a large plane with twin engines … Collocations dictionary
crank — crank1 [kræŋk] n [: Old English; Origin: cranc] 1.) a handle on a piece of equipment, that you can turn in order to move something 2.) informal someone who has unusual ideas and behaves strangely ▪ Zoff was originally dismissed as a crank, but… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Crank (mechanism) — A crank is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. It is used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. The arm may be … Wikipedia
Engine balance — is the design, construction and tuning of an engine to run smoothly. Engine balance reduces vibration and other stresses, and may improve the performance, efficiency, cost of ownership and reliability of the engine, as well as reducing the stress … Wikipedia
Crank Storyboard Suite — Initial release May 14, 2010 Stable release 1.1 / May 14, 2010; 17 months ago (2010 05 14) Development status Active Operating system … Wikipedia
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crank — crank1 [kraŋk] n. [ME < OE cranc , as in crancstæf, yarn comb, CRINGE, CRINKLE: basic sense “something twisted”: for IE base see CRADLE] 1. a handle or arm bent at right angles and connected to a shaft of a machine, used to transmit motion or… … English World dictionary
crank|case — «KRANGK KAYS», noun. a heavy, metal case forming the bottom part of an internal combustion engine. The crankcase of a gasoline engine contains lubricating oil and encloses the crankshaft, connecting rods, and other parts … Useful english dictionary
crank|shaft — «KRANGK SHAFT, SHAHFT», noun. a shaft turning or turned by a crank. The crankshaft of an automobile engine is attached to the connecting rods and transfers power from the pistons to the clutch and transmission … Useful english dictionary
Crank sensor — A crank sensor is a component used in an internal combustion engine to monitor the position or rotational speed of the crankshaft. This information is used by engine management systems to control ignition system timing and other engine parameters … Wikipedia