crosshead engine
1Crosshead — Cylindrical trunk guide …
2Crosshead — Cross head ( h?d), n. (Mach.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam… …
3crosshead — [krôs′hed΄] n. a sliding bar or block joining a connecting rod and a piston rod: converts reciprocating motion into rotary motion, as in the steam engine …
4crosshead — /kraws hed , kros /, n. 1. Print. a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column. 2. Mach. a sliding member of a reciprocating engine for keeping the motion of the joint between a piston rod and a connecting rod… …
5crosshead — noun A metal beam that connects a piston to a connecting rod in an engine …
6crosshead — cross•head [[t]ˈkrɔsˌhɛd, ˈkrɒs [/t]] n. mac a sliding member of a reciprocating engine for keeping the motion of the joint between a piston rod and a connecting rod in a straight line • Etymology: 1835–45 …
7crosshead — /ˈkrɒshɛd/ (say kroshed) noun 1. Printing a title or heading filling a line or group of lines the full width of the column. 2. the sliding and bearing member of a diesel, steam, or gas engine, between the piston rod and the connecting rod. 3. the …
8crosshead — noun 1. a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text • Syn: ↑crossheading • Hypernyms: ↑heading, ↑header, ↑head 2. metal block that connects to a piston; it slides on parallel guides and moves a connecting rod back and forth • H …
9Marine steam engine — Period cut away diagram of a triple expansion steam engine installation, circa 1918 A marine steam engine is a reciprocating steam engine that is used to power a ship or boat. Steam turbines and diesel engines largely replaced reciprocating steam …
10Diesel engine — Diesel engines in a museum Diesel generator on an oil tanker …
