starting crank

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• 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

• 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 — crank1 crankless, adj. /krangk/, n. 1. Mach. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion… …   Universalium

• crank — I. /kræŋk / (say krangk) noun 1. Machinery a device for communicating motion, or for changing rotary motion into reciprocating motion, or vice versa, consisting in its simplest form of an arm projecting from, or secured at right angles at the end …  

• crank — I [[t]kræŋk[/t]] n. 1) mac any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft 2) inf Informal. an ill tempered person 3) an unbalanced person who is overzealous in the advocacy of a private cause …   From formal English to slang

• starting handle — noun crank used to start an engine • Syn: ↑crank handle • Hypernyms: ↑crank, ↑starter * * * Brit. a crank used to start the motor of an automobile. [1885 90] * * * starting handle see under ↑crank1 • • …   Useful english dictionary

• starting — n. in senses of START v. Phrases and idioms: starting block a shaped rigid block for bracing the feet of a runner at the start of a race. starting gate a movable barrier for securing a fair start in horse races. starting handle Brit. Mech. a… …   Useful english dictionary

• crank handle — noun crank used to start an engine • Syn: ↑starting handle • Hypernyms: ↑crank, ↑starter …   Useful english dictionary

• starting handle — Brit. a crank used to start the motor of an automobile. [1885 90] * * * …   Universalium

• starting handle — /ˈstatɪŋ hændl/ (say stahting handl) noun a handle used to crank an internal combustion engine to start it …  

• direct-crank starting — Hand crank geared to the crankshaft to start the engine …   Aviation dictionary