Connecting Rod

Definition: Connecting Rod

Connecting Rod

Noun

1. A rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft).

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Mechanical Engineering

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Crosswords: Connecting Rod

Engraved side elevation of the main engine, of the return connecting rod type, published in the book: "The Stevens Ironclad Battery", in 1874. The original volume is held by the Navy Department Library. Credit: NAVY.

Engraved end elevation of the main engine, of the return connecting rod type, published in the book: "The Stevens Ironclad Battery", in 1874. The original volume is held by the Navy Department Library. Credit: NAVY.

Engraved plan view of the main engines, of the return connecting rod type, published in the book: "The Stevens Ironclad Battery", in 1874. The original volume is held by the Navy Department Library. Credit: NAVY.

Father of migrant steeple-jack putting bolts in connecting rod while camped near Prague, Oklahoma. Lincoln County. Credit: Library of Congress.

Migrant steeple-jack buying a replacement connecting rod at secondhand automobile parts store. Prague, Oklahoma, Lincoln County. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Albanian

biellë. (various references)

Bulgarian 

предавателен лост (beam, link), дръжка на шалтер. (various references)

Czech

ojnice (piston rod). (various references)

Danish

plejlstang (conn-rod, con-rod, link rod, piston rod, pitman, push rod, slotted link, slotted piece). (various references)

Dutch

drijfstang (cam, catch, conn-rod, con-rod, inverse cam, link rod, piston rod, pitman, push rod). (various references)

Finnish

uloke (ledge, projection), liitostanko (spindle connecting rod, spindle connection rod, steering-track rod, tie rod, track rod), kiertokangen pää (big end of connecting rod, crank end, stub end), jätepätkä (big end of connecting rod, crank end, stub end). (various references)

French

bielle (conn-rod, con-rod). (various references)

German

pleuelstange (conn-rod, con-rod, piston rod, pitman). (various references)

Greek 

μπιέλα (conn-rod, con-rod, piston rod, pitman, push rod, rod), διωστήρας (conn-rod, con-rod, control rod, piston rod, pitman, push rod, pusher, rod). (various references)

Hebrew 

טלטל. (various references)

Hungarian

összekötõ rúd (tie bar). (various references)

Italian

biella (piston rod). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

コンマ以下 (below the decimal, cockroach, commune, con-rod, conversion, convert, convolution, convolve, cornrow style, ghost, ghost town, ghost writer, giving permission, go steady, goal, goal getter, goal kick, goal line, goal post, goal reached, goalkeeper, goatability, go-cart, goggles, go-go, go-go dance, going my way, gold, gold medalist, gold rush, Goldberg, golden, golden age, golden disk, golden hour, golden time, Golden Week, golem, Gordon, gorgeous, gothic, green light, hit the goal, make the goal, of no account, prime time, traffic light). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

コンロッド (con-rod). (various references)

Manx

slat chianglee (link, tie-rod). (various references)

Pig Latin

onnectingcay odray.(various references)

Portuguese

biela (connect, rod). (various references)

Russian 

шатун (connecting-rod, link, piston rod, piston-rod, pitman). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

klipnjača (piston rod). (various references)

Spanish

biela (rod). (various references)

Swedish

vevstake (pitman). (various references)

Ukrainian

тяга (draught, draw, haulage, pull, traction), шатун. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: concerning, concerting, concertino, concreting, concretion, connecting, connection, contending.

-4 letters: conceding, condoning, connector, connoting, cordoning, decocting, decoction, doctoring, enrooting, noncredit, nonerotic, oncogenic, redonning.

-5 letters: centring, centroid, codirect, coeditor, coercing, coercion, concerti, concerto, condoner, connoted, corniced, creodont, crocoite, crooning, denoting, doctrine, encoding, encoring, gerontic, indentor, innocent, necrotic, nitrogen, noontide, occident, orogenic, recoding, rodeoing, tenoning, trending.