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Definition: Crosshead |
CrossheadNoun1. A heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text. 2. Metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Mining | A. A runner or framework that runs on guides, placed a few feet above the sinking bucket to prevent it from swinging too violently b. A beam or rod stretching across the top of something; specif., the bar at the end of a piston rod of a steam engine, which slides on the ways or guides fixed to the engine frame and connects the piston rod with theconnecting rod. (references) |
Transportation | A reciprocating block, usually sliding between guides, forming the junction piece between the piston-rod and connecting-rod of an engine. A heading or sub-heading centred on the measure. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: CrossheadSynonym: crossheading (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Crosshead |
| English words defined with "crosshead": Connecting rod ♦ Guide bar, Guide block ♦ Motion block ♦ Side rod, Steeple engine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "crosshead": crosshead guide. (references) |
| "Crosshead" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Crosshead" is used about 5 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "crosshead": adjustment of crosshead. 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 |
crosshead window | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "crosshead"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | плъзгач (ram, runner, slide, slide block, slipper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 十字头. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udkraget pillehoved, stempelpindsøje (piston boss), krumtapsøle (crankend, crank-pin, small end). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | zuigerpenoog (piston boss), pijlerbalk, drijfstangkop (big end of connecting rod, crank end, crankend, crank-pin, crosshead end of connecting rod, small end, stub end, top of connecting rod). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kiertokangen yläpää (crankend, crank-pin, small end), kammen tappi (crankend, crank-pin, small end). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | chevêtre, tête d'équerre, pied de bielle (crankend, crank-pin, crosshead end of connecting rod), pièce de liaison en croix, maneton du vilebrequin (crankend, crank-pin), bossage de piston. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Querrahmen (arch), Kolbenauge (piston boss), gekröft (crankend, crank-pin, small end). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κεφαλή διωστήρα (big end of connecting rod, crank end, crankend, crank-pin, small end, stub end), καμπύλωση εμβόλου (piston boss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mozzo del perno stantuffo (piston boss). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | crosh-chione. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ossheadcray ressalto do êmbolo (piston boss), pé-de-viela (crankend, crank-pin, small end). (various references) креститься (cross oneself). (various references) naslov preko cele stranice (cross heading). (various references) saliente interior del pistón (piston boss), resalte interior del pistón (piston boss), pie de la biela (crankend, crank-pin, small end). (various references) vevaxeltapp (crankend, crank-pin, small end). (various references) sütunlar arası makale başlığı (crossheading). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "crosshead": crossheads. (additional references) | |
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"Crosshead" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: croshaw, Grossheim, Rosshead. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-h-o-r-s-s" | |
-2 letters: chadors, chaoses, chasers, chassed, choreas, coheads, coshers, crashed, crashes, crossed, dashers, echards, eschars, oraches, roached, roaches, sarodes, schrods, shaders. | |
-3 letters: across, adores, ahorse, arched, arches, ashore, cadres, caress, carses, cashed, cashes, cedars, chador, chards, chared, chares, chased, chaser, chases, chasse, chords, chorea, chored, chores, choses, coarse, coders, cohead, corses, coshed, cosher, coshes. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-h-o-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: chessboard, crossheads. | |
+2 letters: chessboards, hydrospaces, scherzandos. | |
+3 letters: archdioceses, comradeships, crosshatched, icosahedrons. | |
+4 letters: carbohydrases, discographers, discographies, radiochemists. | |
+5 letters: chlamydospores, commanderships. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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