About The Word Lay shaft
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Lay shaft
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What's The Definition Of Lay shaft?Synonyms | Synonyms for Lay shaft: Related Terms | Find terms related to Lay shaft: See Also | Lay shaft In Webster's Dictionary \Lay shaft\, or Layshaft \Lay"shaft`\, n. (Mach.)
A secondary shaft, as in a sliding change gear for an
automobile; a cam shaft operated by a two-to-one gear in an
internal-combustion engine. It is generally a shaft moving
more or less independently of the other parts of a machine,
as, in some marine engines, a shaft, driven by a small
auxiliary engine, for independently operating the valves of
the main engine to insure uniform motion.
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