Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In a freight-car airbrake, the rod which connects the piston-rod of the air-cylinder with the brake-setting mechanism.
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Examples
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There was one, for instance, near Colsterworth, where their first car (a two-cylinder roller-skate with overhead valves and partially exposed viscera, very sweet and willing but extremely second-hand) had dropped a push-rod; which, after a long search, they had recovered from the gutter a quarter of a mile behind.
Mrs. Miniver 1939
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The exhaust valve in the cylinder head is then opened by means of the push-rod and rocker, and is held open until the piston has completed its upward stroke and returned through more than half its subsequent return stroke.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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The inlet and exhaust valves are located in the cylinder head, and both valves are mechanically operated by one push-rod and rocker, radial pipes from crank case to inlet valve casing taking the mixture to the cylinders.
A History of Aeronautics Evelyn Charles Vivian 1914
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Beneath those angled creases lie all manner of bleeding-edge technology confirming the car's malicious intentions, including a carbon-fiber monocoque weighing just 325 pounds, Formula 1-inspired push-rod suspension and an ungodly powerful V-12 engine.
Wired Top Stories Basem Wasef 2011
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Distinctive characteristics: The first team to launch their 2011 model, Ferrari raised eyebrows by opting to stick with a push-rod rear suspension rather than copy Red Bull's pull-rod layout from last year.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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While automotive snobs may deride this engine for its push-rod architecture and its heritage than can be traced back to the original Chevrolet small block V8 of 1955, it is thoroughly modern.
Luxist Sam Abuelsamid 2010
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While automotive snobs may deride this engine for its push-rod architecture and its heritage than can be traced back to the original Chevrolet small block V8 of 1955, it is thoroughly modern.
Luxist Sam Abuelsamid 2010
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The other thing that it does is a lot of our performance enthusiasts over the years are looking for performance upgrades for some of their push-rod engines and handling packs for some of their cars.
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Diablo Upper, 5.56, which is a long-stroke gas-piston / op-rod (operating-rod a.k.a. push-rod) 5. 56x45mm NATO (5. 56mm NATO) / .223 Rem.
Defense Review 2009
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Independent suspension, push-rod activated torsion springs front and rear
Top Speed 2009
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