"crankshaft" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: crankshafts [plural]
Etymology: crank + shaft Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crank|shaft}} crank + shaft Head templates: {{en-noun}} crankshaft (plural crankshafts)
  1. A rotating shaft that drives (or is driven by) a crank. Categories (topical): Auto parts Derived forms: crankwalk Related terms: camshaft Coordinate_terms: conrod, crankcase, transaxle Translations (rotating shaft that drives a crank): krukas (Afrikaans), عَمُود الْمِرْفَق (ʕamūd al-mirfaq) [masculine] (Arabic), ծնկաձև լիսեռ (cnkajew liseṙ) (Armenian), колянов вал (koljanov val) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cigonyal [masculine] (Catalan), 曲軸 (Chinese Mandarin), 曲轴 (qūzhóu) (Chinese Mandarin), kliková hřídel [feminine] (Czech), krumtapaksel [common-gender] (Danish), krukas [feminine] (Dutch), kampiakseli (Finnish), vilebrequin (French), Kurbelwelle [feminine] (German), στροφαλοφόρος άξονας (strofalofóros áxonas) [masculine] (Greek), גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה (gal arkuba) [masculine] (Hebrew), főtengely (Hungarian), forgattyústengely (Hungarian), иінді білік (iındı bılık) (Kazakh), alkūninis velenas [masculine] (Lithuanian), коле́несто вра́тило (kolénesto vrátilo) [neuter] (Macedonian), veivaksel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), veivaksel [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), veivaksling [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), virabrequim [masculine] (Portuguese), cambota (note: of a vehicle) [feminine] (Portuguese), arbore cotit [masculine] (Romanian), vilbrochen [neuter] (Romanian), коле́нчатый вал (kolénčatyj val) [masculine] (Russian), коленва́л (kolenvál) [masculine] (Russian), koljeničasta osovina [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), cigüeñal (Spanish), vevaxel [common-gender] (Swedish), sikaran (Tagalog), tandos-sikaran (Tagalog), crancsiafft [feminine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-crankshaft-en-noun-0PDWltHD Disambiguation of Auto parts: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crank shaft

Verb

Forms: crankshafts [present, singular, third-person], crankshafting [participle, present], crankshafted [participle, past], crankshafted [past]
Etymology: crank + shaft Etymology templates: {{compound|en|crank|shaft}} crank + shaft Head templates: {{en-verb}} crankshaft (third-person singular simple present crankshafts, present participle crankshafting, simple past and past participle crankshafted)
  1. (of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft. Categories (topical): Auto parts
    Sense id: en-crankshaft-en-verb-oX2TE5Ym Disambiguation of Auto parts: 51 49 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 54 46
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: crank shaft

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
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          "word": "Kurbelwelle"
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          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kolénesto vrátilo",
          "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
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          "word": "коле́несто вра́тило"
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          "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
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          "word": "virabrequim"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "note": "of a vehicle",
          "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "cambota"
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          "code": "ro",
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          "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
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          "word": "коле́нчатый вал"
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          "code": "es",
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          "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
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      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
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      "word": "kliková hřídel"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
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      "word": "krumtapaksel"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "krukas"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "word": "kampiakseli"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "word": "vilebrequin"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Kurbelwelle"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "strofalofóros áxonas",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "στροφαλοφόρος άξονας"
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "gal arkuba",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "גַּל אַרְכֻּבָּה"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "word": "főtengely"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "word": "forgattyústengely"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "iındı bılık",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "word": "иінді білік"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kolénesto vrátilo",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "коле́несто вра́тило"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veivaksel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veivaksel"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "veivaksling"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "virabrequim"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "note": "of a vehicle",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cambota"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arbore cotit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "vilbrochen"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolénčatyj val",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коле́нчатый вал"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolenvál",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "коленва́л"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "koljeničasta osovina"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "word": "cigüeñal"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vevaxel"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "word": "sikaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "word": "tandos-sikaran"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "rotating shaft that drives a crank",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "crancsiafft"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crankshaft"
}

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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
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    "English verbs",
    "en:Auto parts"
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "crank",
        "3": "shaft"
      },
      "expansion": "crank + shaft",
      "name": "compound"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "crank + shaft",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "crankshafts",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "crankshafting",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crankshafted",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "crankshafted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010 February 9, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, “1.12.3.3 Landing gear examination”, in Report on the accident to Boeing 777-236ER, G-YMMM, at London Heathrow Airport on 17 January 2008, archived from the original on 2022-06-16, page 44",
          "text": "The attachment of the inboard end of the gear beam was damaged but remained intact; the drag strut fuse pin had 'crankshafted' in a direction indicating that a load had been applied in tension but this had also remained intact.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft."
      ],
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        [
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          "deform"
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          "longitudinal"
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          "axis"
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          "parallel",
          "parallel"
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        [
          "crankshaft",
          "#Noun"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a straight bolt or rod"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "crank shaft"
    }
  ],
  "word": "crankshaft"
}

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