rack and pinion

noun Machinery, Automotive.

See under rack¹ (def. 5a).

Words nearby rack and pinion

racing form, racing skate, racism, racist, rack, rack and pinion, rack and ruin, go to, rackboard, rack car, racket, racket amputation

Definition for rack and pinion (2 of 2)

rack-and-pinion

[ rak-uhn-pin-yuhn ]

/ ˈræk ənˈpɪn yən /

adjective

of or relating to a mechanism in which a rack engages a pinion: rack-and-pinion steering.

Origin of rack-and-pinion

First recorded in 1900–05

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Example sentences from the Web for rack and pinion

A cheap instrument has an open face and plain frame, with sliding vernier instead of rack-and-pinion motion.
A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments|Henry Negretti
No odour, no teeth-disturbing grind of rack-and-pinion, no trumpeting, with that machine!
Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days|Arnold Bennett
A rack-and-pinion movement for elevating or lowering the sliding pillar would be useful.
Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements|Various

British Dictionary definitions for rack and pinion

rack-and-pinion

noun

a device for converting rotary into linear motion and vice versa, in which a gearwheel (the pinion) engages with a flat toothed bar (the rack)

adjective

(of a type of steering gear in motor vehicles) having a track rod with a rack along part of its length that engages with a pinion attached to the steering column

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单词	rack and pinion
释义	rack and pinion noun Machinery, Automotive. See under rack¹ (def. 5a). Words nearby rack and pinion racing form, racing skate, racism, racist, rack, rack and pinion, rack and ruin, go to, rackboard, rack car, racket, racket amputation Definition for rack and pinion (2 of 2) rack-and-pinion [ rak-uhn-pin-yuhn ] / ˈræk ənˈpɪn yən / adjective of or relating to a mechanism in which a rack engages a pinion: rack-and-pinion steering. Origin of rack-and-pinion First recorded in 1900–05 Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rack and pinion A cheap instrument has an open face and plain frame, with sliding vernier instead of rack-and-pinion motion. A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments\|Henry Negretti No odour, no teeth-disturbing grind of rack-and-pinion, no trumpeting, with that machine! Buried Alive: A Tale of These Days\|Arnold Bennett A rack-and-pinion movement for elevating or lowering the sliding pillar would be useful. Every Boy's Book: A Complete Encyclopdia of Sports and Amusements\|Various British Dictionary definitions for rack and pinion rack-and-pinion noun a device for converting rotary into linear motion and vice versa, in which a gearwheel (the pinion) engages with a flat toothed bar (the rack) adjective (of a type of steering gear in motor vehicles) having a track rod with a rack along part of its length that engages with a pinion attached to the steering column Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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