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单词 half-centre
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half-centre
half-centre n. Engineering (now rare) (in a reciprocating engine) either of the two points at which the crankpin is midway between the two dead centres, where the turning effect of the connecting rod is greatest; the position of the piston when the crankpin is at either of these points.
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1853 Appletons' Mechanics' Mag. & Engineers' Jrnl. Sept. 206/2 The steam drives both cylinders down with a constant decreasing pressure, until..the starboard piston is at the end of its stroke, and its companion at half centre.
1903 M. P. Bale Gas & Oil Engine Managem. ii. 27 The flywheel being turned till the engine is in a position to start..when the crank is just above half-centre.
1922 M. H. Gornston Operating Engineer's Catech. Steam Engin. 223 The crankpin should then be brought into contact with the line at the lower half-center.
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half-centre n. (see quot. half-centre n.).
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1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Half-centre, half-centre is sometimes used to denote the position of the crank-pin of an engine when midway between the two dead centres or dead points.
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