Usually means: Offset journal in a crankshaft.
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  1. crankpin: Merriam-Webster
  2. crankpin: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. crankpin: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. crankpin: Collins English Dictionary
  5. crankpin: Wiktionary
  6. crankpin: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. crankpin (crank pin): The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. crankpin: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. crankpin: Dictionary.com
  10. Crankpin: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. crankpin: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. crankpin: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (crankpin)

▸ noun:  The pin that attaches a connecting rod to a crank

Similar:
crank pin, gudgeon pin, kingpin, pivot, piston rod, headpin, lockpin, seatpin, hook pin, cotter pin, more...

Opposite:
mainshaft, camshaft, piston rod

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Similar:
crank pin, gudgeon pin, kingpin, pivot, piston rod, headpin, lockpin, seatpin, hook pin, cotter pin, more...

Opposite:
mainshaft, camshaft, piston rod



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