·adj Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts.
A steam engine in which the connecting rod is led at once from the head of the piston to the crank, ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·adj Operating in any way. II. Acting ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Act>>. III. Acting ·adj Doing duty for ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj Immediate; express; plain; unambiguous. II. Direct ·vi To give direction; to point out a cours...
·adj Acting or operating in two directions or with both motions; producing a twofold result; as, a d...
·adj Acting of or by one's self or by itself; — said especially of a machine or mechanism which is ...
·adj Having simplicity of action; especially (Mach.), acting or exerting force during strokes in one...
When a commissioned officer is invalided, his vacancy is filled up pending the pleasure of the admir...
·add. ·- ·see <<Syndicalism>>, below. ...
·add. ·- A current flowing in one direction only; — distinguished from alternating current. When st...
·add. ·- The nomination or designation of candidates for public office by direct popular vote rather...
·add. ·- A primary by which direct nominations of candidates for office are made. ...
·add. ·adj Coupled without intermediate connections, as an engine and a dynamo. ...
One of the five varieties into which artillerists usually divide horizontal fire (which see). ...
See motion. ...
One in which the steam acts upon the piston against a vacuum, both in the upward and downward moveme...