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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PINION

From Old French pignon wing, from Latin pinna wing.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PINION

pinion  [ˈpɪnjən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PINION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pinion is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pinion in English.

WHAT DOES PINION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Pinion

A pinion is a round gear used in several applications: ▪ usually the smallest gear in a gear drive train, although in the case of John Blenkinsop's Salamanca, the pinion was rather large. In many cases, such as remote controlled toys, the pinion is also the drive gear. ▪ the smaller gear that drives in a 90-degree angle towards a crown gear in a differential drive. ▪ the small front sprocket on a chain driven motorcycle. ▪ the round gear that engages and drives a rack in a rack and pinion mechanism and against a rack in a rack railway. ▪ in the case of radio-controlled cars with an engine this pinion gear can be referred to as a clutch bell when it is paired with a centrifugal clutch.

Definition of pinion in the English dictionary

The first definition of pinion in the dictionary is a bird's wing. Other definition of pinion is the part of a bird's wing including the flight feathers. Pinion is also to hold or bind of so as to restrain or immobilize him.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PINION

PRESENT

Present
I pinion
you pinion
he/she/it pinions
we pinion
you pinion
they pinion
Present continuous
I am pinioning
you are pinioning
he/she/it is pinioning
we are pinioning
you are pinioning
they are pinioning
Present perfect
I have pinioned
you have pinioned
he/she/it has pinioned
we have pinioned
you have pinioned
they have pinioned
Present perfect continuous
I have been pinioning
you have been pinioning
he/she/it has been pinioning
we have been pinioning
you have been pinioning
they have been pinioning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pinioned
you pinioned
he/she/it pinioned
we pinioned
you pinioned
they pinioned
Past continuous
I was pinioning
you were pinioning
he/she/it was pinioning
we were pinioning
you were pinioning
they were pinioning
Past perfect
I had pinioned
you had pinioned
he/she/it had pinioned
we had pinioned
you had pinioned
they had pinioned
Past perfect continuous
I had been pinioning
you had been pinioning
he/she/it had been pinioning
we had been pinioning
you had been pinioning
they had been pinioning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pinion
you will pinion
he/she/it will pinion
we will pinion
you will pinion
they will pinion
Future continuous
I will be pinioning
you will be pinioning
he/she/it will be pinioning
we will be pinioning
you will be pinioning
they will be pinioning
Future perfect
I will have pinioned
you will have pinioned
he/she/it will have pinioned
we will have pinioned
you will have pinioned
they will have pinioned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pinioning
you will have been pinioning
he/she/it will have been pinioning
we will have been pinioning
you will have been pinioning
they will have been pinioning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pinion
you would pinion
he/she/it would pinion
we would pinion
you would pinion
they would pinion
Conditional continuous
I would be pinioning
you would be pinioning
he/she/it would be pinioning
we would be pinioning
you would be pinioning
they would be pinioning
Conditional perfect
I would have pinion
you would have pinion
he/she/it would have pinion
we would have pinion
you would have pinion
they would have pinion
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pinioning
you would have been pinioning
he/she/it would have been pinioning
we would have been pinioning
you would have been pinioning
they would have been pinioning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pinion
we let´s pinion
you pinion
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pinion
Past participle
pinioned
Present Participle
pinioning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PINION


banian
ˈbænjən
banyan
ˈbænjən
Binyon
ˈbɪnjən
Bunyan
ˈbʌnjən
canyon
ˈkænjən
champignon
tʃæmˈpɪnjən
communion
kəˈmjuːnjən
companion
kəmˈpænjən
disunion
dɪsˈjuːnjən
dominion
dəˈmɪnjən
interdominion
ˌɪntədəˈmɪnjən
Kenyan
ˈkɛnjən
minion
ˈmɪnjən
Neo-Darwinian
ˌniːəʊdɑːˈwɪnjən
Ninian
ˈnɪnjən
onion
ˈʌnjən
opinion
əˈpɪnjən
reunion
riːˈjuːnjən
Runyon
ˈrʌnjən
union
ˈjuːnjən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PINION

pinguidity
pinguitude
pinhead
pinheaded
pinheadedness
pinhole
pinhole camera
pinhooker
pinier
piniest
pinion wheel
pinite
pinitol
pink
pink champagne
pink elephants
Pink Floyd
pink gin
pink lady
pink noise

WORDS THAT END LIKE PINION

a matter of opinion
advisory opinion
credit union
customs union
European Union
high opinion
Holy Communion
inion
lantern pinion
legal opinion
majority opinion
matter of opinion
Old Dominion
public opinion
rack-and-pinion
second opinion
separate opinion
Soviet Union
the Union
theDominion

Synonyms and antonyms of pinion in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PINION»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pinion» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pinion

Translation of «pinion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PINION

Find out the translation of pinion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pinion from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pinion» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

piñón
570 millions of speakers

English

pinion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पिनियन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ترس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шестерни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pinhão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পালক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pignon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pinion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Ritzel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ピニオン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

피니언
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pinion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cột tay
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பற்சக்கர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पंख
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kanat ucu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pignone
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Koło zębate
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

шестерні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pinion
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

γρανάζι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleinrat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pinion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pinion
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pinion

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PINION»

The term «pinion» is quite widely used and occupies the 29.254 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PINION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pinion» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pinion» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pinion

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PINION»

Discover the use of pinion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pinion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Pinion: An Elegy
" Both wrestle with a desire for independence and the duty to home they are bound to by birth; neither marries or leaves. "Pinion" is ultimately a wrenching elegy that Rose creates.
Claudia Emerson, 2002
2
Pinion
The delight of the next volume--prefigured with unrelenting clarity in Escapement's final pages--should be the discovery that the destination adds up.
Jay Lake, 2010
3
Mechanical Design
The gear material proposed is grade 1 steel and the Brinell hardness of the pinion and gear is 240 and 200, respectively.The gears are to be manufactured to number 6 AGMA quality standard and the teeth are uncrowned.The gears are ...
K. Maekawa, T. Obikawa, Y. Yamane, 2003
4
Popular Mechanics
To do this, remove the wheels and brake drums and turn the pinion shaft nut with an inch-pound torque wrench (Fig. 5). Note how much force is required through several complete rotations and write down the number for reference. On GM cars  ...
5
Wheel and Pinion Cutting in Horology: A Historical and ...
This book is written for both the amateur and professional involved in the making and restoring of clocks, and for anyone who intends to start building up a workshop and requires a guide to the equipment and how to use it.
J. Malcolm Wild, 2001
6
How to Restore Triumph Tr2, Tr3 and Tr3a
TR, however, there are four adjustable ball-joints to cope with, but the principal of adjusting the tracking is exactly the same as with a rack and pinion design. The TR could actually be the easier, and certainly quicker, to track since each track ...
Roger Williams, 2002
7
How to Keep Your Muscle Car Alive
The resulting number is the pinion depth. If there is a correction number stamped on the pinion, add or subtract this to the calculated pinion depth to get the final depth setting. Once the proper pinion depth has been established, you have two  ...
Harvey White, Jr.
8
Automotive Suspension and Steering Systems
Rack Tie- rod inner socket Lock plate Figure 12-14 Straightening lock plate where it is bent over the inner tie-rod end. The pinion and bearing assembly contains the steering gear pinion with the bearing that supports the pinion in the housing.
Don Knowles, 2002
9
Bracket Racing
PINION ANGLE Set the static pinion angle so that the pinion is pointing down in relation to the driveshaft. Leaf-spring cars without ladder bars usually need 5-7 degrees of pinion angle, compared to 2-3 degrees for ladder bars and 1-2 degrees ...
Tony Sakkis, 1997
10
Hillier's Fundamentals of Automotive Electronics
When the engine starts, the speed of the flywheel throws the pinion along the helical sleeve to disengage the drive. This ejection is quite rapid so the large compression spring is again used to cushion the shock as the pinion hits its stop.
V. A. W. Hillier, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PINION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pinion is used in the context of the following news items.
1
1949 2DW Willys Pickup - Wicked Willys: Part 7
The GM full-float 14-bolt also known for having a very solid design with spanners to move the carrier side to side and easily accessible pinion ... «Four Wheeler Network, Jul 15»
2
Fiat Chrysler nearing record US agency fine over recalls
Specific examples NHTSA investigators cited at the hearing included defective pinion nuts in Ram pickup trucks that could cause the wheels to ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
3
San Francisco 49ers Capsule
Veteran placekicker Phil Dawson is helping groom rookie punter Bradley Pinion. New coach Tomsula has had time with players during ... «Long Beach Press Telegram, Jul 15»
4
4 Under-the-Radar Camp Battles
Lanning's arrival in Tampa is the end of a domino effect that began with San Francisco's drafting of Clemons punter Bradley Pinion in the fifth ... «Buccaneers.com, Jul 15»
5
Craft industry continues to expand in mid-valley
... inside the Beaver Hut, a new take-out breakfast and burger joint in the Pinion Property Management building at Northwest 16th and Monroe ... «Corvallis Gazette Times, Jul 15»
6
Fatman Fabrications Builds a Repro Chassis for the 1955-56 Ford
Up front the suspension is a Fatman design incorporating power rack-and-pinion steering, tubular control arms, and RideTech adjustable ... «Hot Rod Network, Jul 15»
7
Fiber Laser-Cutting System comes in 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 kW.
This durable 26,000 pound machine incorporates a helical rack and pinion positioning system that features solid throughput and high accuracy. «ThomasNet News, Jul 15»
8
AUTO REVIEW: No ceiling on fun in the Beetle Convertible
Along with the car's natural agility – rack and pinion steering! fully independent suspension! – this makes the current Beetle unusually easy to ... «Wicked Local Wareham, Jul 15»
9
Project Large Marge: How to Weld Up a Differential on a 1973 …
But those cost money and require setting of the ring and pinion clearances, adding even more cost. The cheap, redneck way of creating your ... «Mustang 360, Jul 15»
10
Wide Format Finishing – Just got easier!
The gantry's X/Y axis movement is driven by a rack and pinion system which increases the longevity and endurance of the cutter when comparing it to a belt ... «Wide Format Online, Jul 15»

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