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The angle of rotation of a crankshaft measured from the position in which the piston is at its highest point known as top dead center (TDC).
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crank angle degree — noun A unit (equal to one ordinary degree) used to measure the piston travel (position) e.g. to adjust ignition. When the piston is at its highest point, known as the top dead center (TDC), the crankshaft angle (crank angle) is at 0 crank angle… … Wiktionary
Crank (mechanism) — A crank is an arm attached at right angles to a rotating shaft by which reciprocating motion is imparted to or received from the shaft. It is used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. The arm may be … Wikipedia
crank — crank1 crankless, adj. /krangk/, n. 1. Mach. any of several types of arms or levers for imparting rotary or oscillatory motion to a rotating shaft, one end of the crank being fixed to the shaft and the other end receiving reciprocating motion… … Universalium
crank — Synonyms and related words: L, Tartar, abnormal, aficionado, alien, angle, angle off, anomalous, apex, bar, beam, bear, bee, bellyacher, bend, bifurcate, bifurcation, bight, boom, boutade, brainstorm, branch, branks, buff, bug, cant, cant hook,… … Moby Thesaurus
angle — Synonyms and related words: Anschauung, L, action, aim, anagnorisis, angle for, angle of vision, angle off, apex, approach, architectonics, architecture, argument, aspect, atmosphere, background, bait the hook, base, basis, be after, bear off,… … Moby Thesaurus
crank axle — noun 1. : a driving axle formed with a crank or cranks 2. : a carriage axle bent twice at a right angle near the ends to allow a low body with large wheels … Useful english dictionary
Bell crank — A bell crank is a type of crank that changes motion around a 90 degree angle. The name comes from its first use, changing the vertical pull on a rope to a horizontal pull on the striker of a bell, used for calling servants in upper class British… … Wikipedia
Dead angle — Dead Dead (d[e^]d), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de[ a]d; akin to OS. d[=o]d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau[eth]r, Sw. & Dan. d[ o]d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See {Die}, and cf. {Death}.] 1. Deprived of life;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bell crank — noun Etymology: so called from the bell wires used to transfer motion : a lever having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle formed by its two arms * * * bell cranked, adj. Mach. a lever or rocker having two arms meeting at a pivot at a right… … Useful english dictionary
Bell crank — A lever whose two arms form a right angle, or nearly a right angle, having its fulcrum at the apex of the angle. It is used in bell pulls and in changing the direction of bell wires at angles of rooms, etc., and also in machinery. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
