释义 |
whit·worth's quick return \ˈhwitˌwərths- also ˈwi-\ noun Usage: usually capitalized W Etymology: after Sir Joseph Whitworth died 1887 English mechanical engineer and inventor : a quick return in which the follower is a bar rotating or oscillating about one end and carrying a sliding driving sleeve or block rotated uniformly in a circle eccentric to the bar's motion |