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Definition: SUCKER ROD |
SUCKER ROD1. A pump rod. See under Pump . |
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![]() | Assembling the drop pipe and sucker rod. Safe well demonstration near La Plata, Maryland. Charles County. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Hollow steel sucker rod placed in two inch casing. Ridge well project, Saint Mary's County, Maryland. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Expression | Frequency per Day |
sucker rod | 16 |
sucker rod pump | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SUCKER ROD"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Danish | i den pumpeanordning,der benyttes til en kunstig lift,bevaeger hestehovedet sig op og ned overfoerer en op-og nedadgaaende bevaegelse til den glatte stang;denne glatte stang er igen forbundet med en streng af sugestaenger(sucker rods),for enden af hvilk (and at the bottom of the sucker rod is the bottom-hole pump, in a pumping unit used for artificial lift, the horsehead moves up and down imparting a reciprocating motion to the polish(ed)rod;the polished rod in turn is connected to a string of sucker rods). (various references) | ||||||||||
Dutch | bij een pompinstallatie voor kunstmatige beweegt het balanssegment op en neer waardoor een heen-en-weergaande beweging op de gepolijste stang wordt overgebracht;de gepolijste stang is weer verbonden met een serie pompstangen,en onderaan deze serie bevindt (and at the bottom of the sucker rod is the bottom-hole pump, in a pumping unit used for artificial lift, the horsehead moves up and down imparting a reciprocating motion to the polish(ed)rod;the polished rod in turn is connected to a string of sucker rods). (various references) | ||||||||||
French | dans une unité de pompage pour l'activation des puits,la tête de cheval monte et descend,transmettant un mouvement alternatif la tige polie;la tige polie est elle-même reliéz la garniture de tiges de pompage,qui sont connectées, leur partie i (and at the bottom of the sucker rod is the bottom-hole pump, the horsehead moves up and down imparting a reciprocating motion to the polish(ed)rod;the polished rod in turn is connected to a string of sucker rods). (various references) | ||||||||||
German | bei einem Pumpaggregat zum kuenstlichen Foerden bewegt sich der Pferdekopf auf und nieder,wobei er eine Min-und Herbewegung auf die Polierstange uebertraegt;die Polierstange ist dann wieder mit einem Pumpgestaengestrang verbunden,und am Fusse des Pumpgest (and at the bottom of the sucker rod is the bottom-hole pump, in a pumping unit used for artificial lift, the horsehead moves up and down imparting a reciprocating motion to the polish(ed)rod;the polished rod in turn is connected to a string of sucker rods). (various references) | ||||||||||
Greek | σε μία μονάδα αντλήσεως,που χρησιμοποιείται για την τεχνητή ανύψωση του ρευστού,η κεφαλή του αλόγου ανεβαίνει και κατεβαίνει μεταδίδοντας (and at the bottom of the sucker rod is the bottom-hole pump, the horsehead moves up and down imparting a reciprocating motion to the polish(ed)rod;the polished rod in turn is connected to a string of sucker rods). (various references) | ||||||||||
Italian | in un'unit di pompamento usata per il sollevamento artificiale,la testa del balanciere di pompamento si muove su e giù imprimendo un moto alternativo all'astina di pulizia;questa a sua volta è collegata ad una colonna di astine di pompamento,alla cui (and at the bottom of the sucker rod is the bottom-hole pump, in a pumping unit used for artificial lift, the horsehead moves up and down imparting a reciprocating motion to the polish(ed)rod;the polished rod in turn is connected to a string of sucker rods). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | uckersay odray en una unidad de bombeo para extraccion artificial la cabeza de caballo asciende y desciende transmitiendo un movimiento alternativo a la varilla de pulido(polished rod);esta varilla esta unida a su vez a un varillaje de bombeo conectado por su parte infe (and at the bottom of the sucker rod is the bottom-hole pump, in a pumping unit used for artificial lift, the horsehead moves up and down imparting a reciprocating motion to the polish(ed)rod;the polished rod in turn is connected to a string of sucker rods). (various references) | ||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-k-o-r-r-s-u" | |
-2 letters: corders, corkers, coursed, courser, dockers, duckers, ordures, records, recorks, redocks, rockers, scoured, scourer, sourced. | |
-3 letters: cerous, coders, corder, corers, corked, corker, course, credos, crores, crouse, cruder, crudes, cruors, curers, curred, cursed, curser, cursor, decors, docker, dorser, dourer, douser, drecks, drouks, ducker, durocs, escudo, ockers, orders, ordure, record, recork, recurs, redock, rocked, rocker. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-k-o-r-r-s-u" | |
+4 letters: backgrounders. | |
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