radius rod
1Radius rod — A radius rod (also called a radius arm or a torque arm) is a suspension member intended to control wheel motion in the longitudinal (fore aft) plane. The link is connected (with a rubber or solid bushing) on one end to the wheel carrier or axle,… …
2radius rod — noun : a bar for preserving an invariable distance between two pieces of a mechanism and permitting one to move around the other as a fixed point * * * (in a feathering paddle wheel) any of the rods, meeting in a hub mounted eccentrically with… …
3radius rod — (in a feathering paddle wheel) any of the rods, meeting in a hub mounted eccentrically with the paddle wheel shaft, for feathering the paddles while in the water. See illus. under paddle wheel. [1855 60] * * * …
4radius rod — An additional suspension link in a beam axle layout providing fore and aft location of the axle …
5rod — [1] A modified car. Also see street rod. [2] To drive a vehicle hard. [3] A connecting rod. [4] To clean out a radiator by passing a rod through the lines. See rodding the radiator. [5] A thin bar. See boxed rod brake rod connecting rod con rod …
6radius bar — noun : radius rod …
7Radius — Ra di*us (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s), n.; pl. L. {Radii} (r[=a] d[i^]*[imac]); E. {Radiuses} (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s*[e^]z). [L., a staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See {Ray} a divergent line.] 1. (Geom.) A right line drawn or extending from the… …
8Radius bar — Radius Ra di*us (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s), n.; pl. L. {Radii} (r[=a] d[i^]*[imac]); E. {Radiuses} (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s*[e^]z). [L., a staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See {Ray} a divergent line.] 1. (Geom.) A right line drawn or extending from… …
9Radius of curvature — Radius Ra di*us (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s), n.; pl. L. {Radii} (r[=a] d[i^]*[imac]); E. {Radiuses} (r[=a] d[i^]*[u^]s*[e^]z). [L., a staff, rod, spoke of a wheel, radius, ray. See {Ray} a divergent line.] 1. (Geom.) A right line drawn or extending from… …
10radius — [rā′dē əs] n. pl. radii [rā′dēī΄] or radiuses [L, rod, spoke (of a wheel), hence radius, ray (of light), ? akin to radix,ROOT1] 1. a raylike or radial part, as a spoke of a wheel 2. a) any straight line extending from the center to the periphery… …
