Usually means: Secondary shaft transmitting motion, torque.
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  1. countershaft: Merriam-Webster
  2. countershaft: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. countershaft: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. countershaft: Collins English Dictionary
  5. countershaft: Wordnik
  6. countershaft: Wiktionary
  7. countershaft: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  8. countershaft: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  9. countershaft: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. Countershaft, countershaft: Dictionary.com
  11. Countershaft: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Countershaft: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. countershaft: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. Countershaft: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. countershaft: FreeDictionary.org
  16. countershaft: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (countershaft)

▸ noun:  Synonym of jackshaft (“mechanical component for rotational force”)
▸ verb:  Synonym of jackshaft

Similar:
counter shaft, jackshaft, turning gear, jacking gear, cardan shaft, drive shaft, driveshaft, crank shaft, prop shaft, half shaft, more...

Opposite:
mainshaft, input shaft, drive shaft

Types:
gearbox, transmission, differential, more...

Adjectives:
speed, overhead, same, main, second, driven, small, secondary, short, separate, differential

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Similar:
counter shaft, jackshaft, turning gear, jacking gear, cardan shaft, drive shaft, driveshaft, crank shaft, prop shaft, half shaft, more...

Opposite:
mainshaft, input shaft, drive shaft

Types:
gearbox, transmission, differential, more...

Adjectives:
speed, overhead, same, main, second, driven, small, secondary, short, separate, differential



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