A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.
Used in a Sentence
crankshaft
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for crankshaft.
Editorial note
How they work means forced-induction doesn't necessarily impact engine life the same way FI on piston/crankshaft motors.
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Quick take
A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of crankshaft gathered in one view.
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for crankshaft.
noun
A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.
verb
(of a straight bolt or rod) To deform in such a manner that part of the rod or bolt is displaced sideways, offset from the longitudinal axis of the part, but remains parallel with the part's main longitudinal axis, with the final shape somewhat resembling a crankshaft.
Example sentences
How they work means forced-induction doesn't necessarily impact engine life the same way FI on piston/crankshaft motors.
Nothing.) Also, in v8 the issue is not just CrankShaft and TurboFan, but as I mentioned, daily development.
There is a very V8 / Crankshaft specific thing going on here - slides try to explain it.
Good 'old timer/not by the book' mechanic is still able to replace it (heat whole crankshaft, use big hammer).
Have you ever tried to deliberately select a gear that would cause the engine crankshaft to spin too fast?
Couldn't it work by checking that crankshaft speed increases remarkably without any corresponding increase in wheel speed?
Other times you have to look for tool marks on the timing belt cover and/or crankshaft pulley.
The V8 that Dart is compared against is always the latest, and includes Crankshaft which came out 4 years ago.
Seems a bit early, it performs worse than crankshaft on some code at the moment.
It does not sound like a 'conventional' supercharger since it is not powered by the engine's crankshaft, but rather by electricity.
And when I say rebuild, I mean ripping the engine out, tearing it down to every nut and bolt, and rebuilding it from the crankshaft up.
Engine stopping at speed/failing to start could also be a faulty crankshaft position sensor.
Quote examples
Though I would not expect anything as impressive as "6x over Crankshaft across the board".
You can imagine someone from that era writing "I think of myself as relatively smart but I've struggled with learning how to drive" after yet another lecture on carburetors, crankshaft, and bearing boxes.
Proper noun examples
So IonMonkey, Crankshaft, SpeculativeJIT/FTL are all JITs that live inside a larger engine that switches between them as needed.
It looks like currently TurboFan is competitive w/Crankshaft on the asm.js benchmarks, and much, much slower on everything else.
As the name implies, this is supposed to further improve JavaScript execution speed, likely to be better than its predecessor, Crankshaft.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use crankshaft in a sentence?
How they work means forced-induction doesn't necessarily impact engine life the same way FI on piston/crankshaft motors.
What does crankshaft mean?
A rotating shaft with throws (parts that stick out) and which drives, is driven by (cranked by), or functions as a crank.
What part of speech is crankshaft?
crankshaft is commonly used as noun, verb.