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PRONUNCIATION OF RACK-AND-PINION

rack-and-pinion play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RACK-AND-PINION

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WHAT DOES RACK-AND-PINION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

rack-and-pinion

Rack and pinion

A rack and pinion is a type of linear actuator that comprises a pair of gears which convert rotational motion into linear motion. A circular gear called "the pinion" engages teeth on a linear "gear" bar called "the rack"; rotational motion applied to the pinion causes the rack to move, thereby translating the rotational motion of the pinion into the linear motion of the rack. For example, in a rack railway, the rotation of a pinion mounted on a locomotive or a railcar engages a rack between the rails and forces a train up a steep slope. For every pair of conjugate involute profile, there is a basic rack. This basic rack is the profile of the conjugate gear of infinite pitch radius. A generating rack is a rack outline used to indicate tooth details and dimensions for the design of a generating tool, such as a hob or a gear shaper cutter.

Definition of rack-and-pinion in the English dictionary

The definition of rack-and-pinion in the dictionary is a device for converting rotary into linear motion and vice versa, in which a gearwheel engages with a flat toothed bar. Other definition of rack-and-pinion is having a track rod with a rack along part of its length that engages with a pinion attached to the steering column.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RACK-AND-PINION

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WORDS THAT END LIKE RACK-AND-PINION

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Synonyms and antonyms of rack-and-pinion in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «rack-and-pinion» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RACK-AND-PINION

Find out the translation of rack-and-pinion to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
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Translator English - Chinese

齿条 - 小齿轮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cremallera y piñón
570 millions of speakers

English

rack-and-pinion
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रैक और पंख काटना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رف وترس
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

стойки-и - шестерни
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cremalheira e pinhão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আলনা এবং পালক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crémaillère et pignon
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rak-dan-pinion
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Zahnstangen- Ritzel
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ラックアンドピニオン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

랙 앤 피니언
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rak-lan-pinion
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

rack và bánh răng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடுக்கு பற்சக்கர
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रॅक-आणि-पिनियन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kremayer ve pinyon
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rocchetto cremagliera
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rack - i-tryb
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

стійки - і - шестерні
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cremalieră și pinion
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ράφι - και - γραναζιών
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

rek - en - kleinrat
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rack - and- pinion
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rack-and - pinion
5 millions of speakers

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RACK-AND-PINION»

Discover the use of rack-and-pinion in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rack-and-pinion and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Automotive Suspension and Steering Systems
Upon completion and review of this chapter, you should be able to: Q Perform a manual or power rack and pinion steering gear inspection. Q Remove and replace manual or power rack and pinion steering gears. Q Disassemble, inspect  ...
Don Knowles, 2002
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The Street Rodder's Handbook: A Step-by-step Guide on how to ...
A manual rack and pinion is ideal for a responsive steering system in street rods and it eliminates the oversteer common with the power rack. If you are a little concerned with using a wrecking yard steering that has already seen 30 years of  ...
Frank Oddo, 2003
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TechOne: Basic automotive service and maintenance
Teeth on the rack and pinion may be spur or helical. The upper end of the pinion shaft is connected to the steering shaft from the steering column. Therefore, steering wheel rotation moves the rack sideways to steer the front wheels. The pinion ...
Don Knowles, Jack Erjavec, 2004
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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
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Popular Mechanics
ing sickness," is caused when hydraulic seals wear grooves in the soft aluminum pinion housing of the power rack-and-pinion steering unit. When the steering fluid is cold and thick, hydraulic pressure goes up causing the fluid to leak ...
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Popular Mechanics
The current system of choice is the rack and pinion. Since rack-and-pin- ion steering has relatively few parts compared to other systems, this system is lighter and more compact than others, both desirable traits for today's front-drive compact ...
7
Chilton's Auto Repair Manual, 1993-1997
Remove the strap that holds the power steering lines to the rack and pinion ( steering gear) housing and discard the strap. 9. Disconnect the pressure and return lines from the rack and pinion assembly and plug the lines. 10. If equipped with a ...
Chilton Book Company, 1996
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Rigid Body Dynamics of Mechanisms 2: 2 Applications
Consider the rack-and-pinion mechanism of Figure 4.3. The wheel has the mass m , the moment of inertia Jcz with respect to its center of gravity C, and the radius R. The wheel is connected to the base by a horizontal spring with the spring ...
Hubert Hahn, 2003
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Mechatronics: Principles, Concepts and Applications
Mechatroni •pts and Applications 7.17 RACK AND PINION Rack and pinion driving mechanism (Fig. 7.29) refers to a special type of gearing mechanism in which the rotational motion is converted to linear one and vice versa. As the name ...
Mahalik, 2003
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101 Projects for Your 1964 1/2-1973 Mustang
A power rack and pinion steering upgrade is almost essential to achieve precise steering control over your vehicle and to reduce its overall weight. A rack and pinion system contains fewer moving parts than a stock-steering gear. With less ...
Earl Davis Diane Perkins-Davis

7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RACK-AND-PINION»

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How to Install the NPD Rack and Pinion Steering Unit on a Fox …
Rack-and-pinion steering is one of the Mustang's greatest engineering refinements ever because it eliminated the slippery slop of antiquated worm and sector ... «Mustang 360, Apr 15»
2
Unisteer Rack-And-Pinion Steering Kit Install
With the exception of when appearance is an issue—using a steering box on a traditional rod, for example—the use of a steering box or rack-and-pinion is down ... «Hot Rod Network, Oct 14»
3
Rack and Pinion Actuator suits vertical/long-stroke applications.
Hackettstown, NJ -- Ideal for fast, long travel applications with high accuracy requirements, Rollon Corp's new R-Plus System rack-and-pinion actuator delivers ... «ThomasNet News, Aug 14»
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Better Steering From Your Rack-and-Pinion - Tighten Up!
If you own a Tacoma then we have good news and bad news. The bad news is that installing larger tires can prematurely wear out the rubber bushings on your ... «Four Wheeler Magazine, Nov 13»
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Rack 'Em Up! - A Classic Ford Upgrade With TCP's Rack-And-Pinion
Over the course of the next several issues we'll be following along as the TCP shop takes Patti's coupe from stocker to rocker with rack-and-pinion steering, ... «Mustangs and Fords Magazine, Dec 10»
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1967 Ford Fairlane Flaming River Steering Box Kit
Rebuilt boxes with their worn casings aren't as good as an all-new unit and we didn't want to go to the effort of rack-and-pinion steering, which often requires ... «Mustangs and Fords Magazine, May 10»
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1960 Chevy Impala Rack -And- Pinion Steering - Performance
Rack-and-pinion technology became popular in the '80s and has since been incorporated into different types of vehicles, like older-model cars and even John ... «Lowrider Magazine, Apr 09»

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