Definition of countershaft in English:
countershaft
noun ˈkaʊntəʃɑːftˈkaʊn(t)ərˌʃæft
A machine driveshaft that transmits motion from the main shaft to where it is required, such as the drive axle in a vehicle.
Example sentencesExamples
- The countershaft can be adopted for extremely sophisticated engines with high cylinders.
- The third and fourth countershafts have gears rotatably engaged with the fourth forward mainshaft gear and an output shaft splitter gear.
- A popular solution is to spread the gear sets over three, instead of the usual two, countershafts, trading length for width.
- Since the force on the right countershaft is downward, neither a tenon nor a handwheel is required.
- The primary drive is by a pair of duplex chains driving a pair of countershafts to the drive wheels at a ratio of about 20-1, via a pair of Go-cart chains.
Definition of countershaft in US English:
countershaft
nounˈkaʊn(t)ərˌʃæftˈkoun(t)ərˌSHaft
A machine driveshaft that transmits motion from the main shaft to where it is required, such as the drive axle in a vehicle.
Example sentencesExamples
- Since the force on the right countershaft is downward, neither a tenon nor a handwheel is required.
- A popular solution is to spread the gear sets over three, instead of the usual two, countershafts, trading length for width.
- The countershaft can be adopted for extremely sophisticated engines with high cylinders.
- The third and fourth countershafts have gears rotatably engaged with the fourth forward mainshaft gear and an output shaft splitter gear.
- The primary drive is by a pair of duplex chains driving a pair of countershafts to the drive wheels at a ratio of about 20-1, via a pair of Go-cart chains.