Wat (wie) is Pinion - definitie
ROUND GEAR, USUALLY THE SMALLER OF TWO (MESHED) GEARS
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Pinion
·noun A feather; a quill.
II. Pinion ·noun A fetter for the arm.
III. Pinion ·noun A wing, literal or figurative.
IV. Pinion ·vt To disable by cutting off the pinion joint.
V. Pinion ·noun The joint of bird's wing most remote from the body.
VI. Pinion ·vt To bind or confine the wings of; to confine by binding the wings.
VII. Pinion ·vt Hence, generally, to confine; to Bind; to tie up.
VIII. Pinion ·vt To disable or restrain, as a person, by binding the arms, ·esp. by binding the arms to the body.
IX. Pinion ·noun A moth of the genus Lithophane, as L. antennata, whose larva bores large holes in young peaches and apples.
X. Pinion ·noun A cogwheel with a small number of teeth, or leaves, adapted to engage with a larger wheel, or rack (see Rack); ·esp., such a wheel having its leaves formed of the substance of the arbor or spindle which is its axis.
pinion
I. n.
1.
Wing, pennon.
2.
Feather, quill, plume, pen.
3.
Fetter (for the arms).
II. v. a.
Restrain (by binding the arms), bind, fasten, shackle, fetter, chain.
pinion
pinion1 ['p?nj?n]
¦ noun the outer part of a bird's wing including the flight feathers.
¦ verb
1. tie or hold the arms or legs of.
2. cut off the pinion of (a bird) to prevent flight.
Origin
ME: from OFr. pignon, based on L. pinna, penna 'feather'.
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pinion2 ['p?nj?n]
¦ noun a small cogwheel or spindle engaging with a large cogwheel.
Origin
C17: from Fr. pignon, alt. of obs. pignol, from L. pinea 'pine cone'.
Wikipedia
Pinion
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A pinion is a round gear—usually the smaller of two meshed gears—used in several applications, including drivetrain and rack and pinion systems.
Uitspraakvoorbeelden voor Pinion
1. to a little pinion.
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage _ Sydney Padua _ Talks at Google
2. The rack goes three places, pinion goes three places,
The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage _ Sydney Padua _ Talks at Google
3. block those wheels, uncouple that pinion, cut the string that holds these weights, blow
True Stuff from Old Books _ David Malki _ Talks at Google
Voorbeelden uit tekstcorpus voor Pinion
1. Pinion was found guilty despite problems with Glenn‘s autopsy.
2. The participating governments are, however, very worried about casualties and the impact of body bags on public pinion at home.
3. Small animals such as bushy tailed rats, chipmunks and pinion mice are being chased upslope by rising temperatures, until they at last have no place to run.
4. So far the fire, burning about 120 miles south of Salt Lake City, has raced through 300,000 acres of extremely dry sagebrush, cheat grass and pinion juniper.
5. The biggest wildfire in Utah history had charged across more than 300,000 acres or 468 square miles of extremely dry sagebrush, cheat grass and pinion juniper in the central part of the state.