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21pinion — 1. n. & v. n. 1 the outer part of a bird s wing, usu. including the flight feathers. 2 poet. a wing; a flight feather. v.tr. 1 cut off the pinion of (a wing or bird) to prevent flight. 2 a bind the arms of (a person). b (often foll. by to) bind… …
22Pinion wire — Pinion Pin ion, n. [OF. pignon a pen, F., gable, pinion (in sense 5); cf. Sp. pi[ n]on pinion; fr. L. pinna pinnacle, feather, wing. See {Pin} a peg, and cf. {Pen} a feather, {Pennat}, {Pennon}.] 1. A feather; a quill. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. A… …
23Pinion (disambiguation) — Pinion may refer to:* Pinion, the smallest gear in a gear drive train * Pinion (song), a song by Nine Inch Nails from the 1992 EP Broken * Pinions, the outermost primary flight feathers on a bird s wing * Pinioning, the act of surgically removing …
24pinion gear — Pinion Gear: The smaller of two meshing gears. A pinion gear is used in a starter motor to engage the flywheel ring gear and also rides along the surface of the steering rack (a rod with grooves cut in it to mesh with the gear) See rack and… …
25pinion carrier — That part of the rear axle assembly that supports and contains the pinion gear shaft …
26pinion gearbox — See rack and pinion gearbox …
27pinion shaft — A short drive shaft in the rear axle connecting the prop shaft to the crown wheel via the final drive pinion …
28pinion steering — See rack and pinion steering …
29pinion and crown wheel — noun gears that mesh at an angle • Syn: ↑bevel gear, ↑pinion and ring gear • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel • Hyponyms: ↑ …
30pinion and ring gear — noun gears that mesh at an angle • Syn: ↑bevel gear, ↑pinion and crown wheel • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel • Hyponyms: ↑ …