"jackshaft" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "jack + shaft",
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      "form": "jackshafts",
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        "A common mechanical component used to transfer or synchronize rotational force in a machine."
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        {
          "word": "countershaft"
        }
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "sense": "mechanical component",
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          "word": "contralbero"
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          "ref": "1950 October, “S.R. Diesel-Mechanical Shunter”, in Railway Magazine, page 692",
          "text": "Final drive is by reduction gears on the jackshaft, and through flycranks and rods to the wheels.",
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      "glosses": [
        "A wheelless axle used to turn the wheels of a locomotive."
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          "wheelless",
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          "axle",
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          "wheel",
          "wheel"
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          "locomotive",
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      "form": "jackshafts",
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      "form": "jackshafting",
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      "form": "jackshafted",
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        "To transfer or synchronize rotational force by means of a jackshaft."
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          "word": "countershaft"
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    "Jackshaft (locomotive)"
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