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connecting rod

noun

Definition of CONNECTING ROD

: a rod that transmits motion between a reciprocating part of a machine (as a piston) and a rotating part (as a crankshaft)

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First Known Use of CONNECTING ROD

1839

Rhymes with CONNECTING ROD

Ahmadabad, Allahabad, brachiopod, branchiopod, cephalopod, dégringolade, divining rod, Faisalabad, fanfaronade, Holy Synod, Islamabad, leveling rod, ornithopod, prosauropod, rodomontade, Scheherazade, Upanishad

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