crosshead
About 0.10 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine.
- noun Large text, like a headline but typically drawn from the article, placed partway through the article to break it up visually.
- noun A screw with a cross-shaped indentation for gripping and turning, as opposed to a flathead.
- noun A note with an x-shaped notehead, indicating a non-tonal sound such as a drumbeat or a rapped syllable.
Similar words
beam headstock walking beam cross-tail working beam wrist pin stock head cotter link
Often followed by
speed and is pin of guides displacement to guide
Word family
crossheads
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