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trunnion

[ truhn-yuhn ]

noun

  1. either of the two cylindrical projections on a cannon, one on each side for supporting the cannon on its carriage.
  2. any of various similar supports for machinery.


trunnion

/ 藞迟谤蕦苍箩蓹苍 /

noun

  1. one of a pair of coaxial projections attached to opposite sides of a container, cannon, etc, to provide a support about which it can turn in a vertical
  2. the structure supporting such a projection
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞迟谤耻苍苍颈辞苍别诲, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 迟谤耻苍顎僴颈辞苍别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of trunnion1

First recorded in 1615鈥25, trunnion is from the French word trognon trunk, stump, core (of fruit)
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of trunnion1

C17: from Old French trognon trunk
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Example Sentences

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A failed weld on a valve casing called a trunnion caused the gas leak that forced the plant to close on July 1, he said.

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Next year, it plans to shore up the eight trunnion posts that, like table legs, support the vast weight of the drawbridge section.

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We've just had the trunnion fitting delivered, so we're ready for that first fit as soon as the upper chassis is finished.

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It's astonishing to think that the engines are held in place, even at the maximum 9g of the display, by a single thrust trunnion - essentially by one large bolt.

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Trunnion and Pipes became living men under his pencil, and "Clarissa" and others of Richardson's romances gained from him an immortality which they would never have acquired by their own merits.

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