connecting rod
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- a rod that transmits motion (especially one that connects a rotating wheel to a reciprocating shaft)Type of rodKinds piston rod
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Connecting rod
Machinery, a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.
From the entry Connect.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54