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| Domain | Definition |
Mechanical Engineering | A mechanism consisting of a closed sequence of rigid members called "links", which are connected to each other by movable joints. Any movement imparted to one of the links produces a definite motion of the others. If one of the links is fixed(e. g. the frame of a machine), the linkage is also called a "crank mechanism" Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Expression using "CRANK DRIVE": angle crank drive. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bus coach crank drive motor | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CRANK DRIVE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | krumtapmekanisme (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), flerledsmekanisme (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system). (various references) | |
Dutch | krukmechanisme (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system). (various references) | |
Finnish | mekanismi (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), ketju (chain, cordon, line). (various references) | |
French | commande articulée (crank gear, crank mechanism), commande manivelle (crank gear, crank mechanism), transmission manivelle (crank gear, crank mechanism), polygone articulé (crank gear, crank mechanism), mécanisme de transmission manivelle (crank gear, crank mechanism), mécanisme articulé (crank gear, crank mechanism). (various references) | |
German | Kurbeltrieb (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), Kurbelkette (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), Kurbelgetriebe (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), Koppelgetriebe (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), Gelenkkette (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), Gelenkgetriebe (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system). (various references) | |
Greek | μηχανισμός στροφάλου (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), μηχανισμός μανιβέλας (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), αρθρωτό πολύγωνο (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system). (various references) | |
Italian | manovellismo (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ankcray ivedray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | comando por manivela (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), mecanismo tipo manivela (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), mecanismo de transmissão por manivela (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system), mecanismo articulado (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system). (various references) | |
Spanish | mecanismo articulado (crank gear, crank mechanism, link mechanism, linkage, linkage system). (various references) | |
Swedish | länksystem (link up, linkage). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-i-k-n-r-r-v" | |
-2 letters: crankier. | |
-3 letters: acrider, arrived, cairned, carried, cranked, cranker, derrick, drainer, drinker, invader, knarred, randier, ravined. | |
-4 letters: advice, arcked, arider, arrive, cakier, canker, carder, caried, carked, carnie, carved, carven, carver, cavern, cedarn, cervid, cinder, craned, craved, craven, craver, dacker, daiker, dancer, danker, darken, darker, darner, denari, dicker, driven, driver, errand, invade, kerria, kinder, kirned. | |
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