Definition of Back-acting steam engine
a
steam
engine
in
which
the
motion
is
transmitted
backward
from
the
crosshead
to
a
crank
which
is
between
the
crosshead
and
the
cylinder
,
or
beyond
the
cylinder
.
See also:
Steam engine
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Back
Back and forth
Back blocks
Back charge
Back charges
Back door
Back eccentric
Back filling
Back pressure
Back rest
Back slang
Back stairs
Back step
Back stream
back up
back-and-forth
back-formation
back-to-back
backache
Backarack
Backare
Backband
backbench
backbencher
backbend
Backbite
Backbiter
Backbiting
Backboard
Backbond
Backbone
Backboned
Backcast
backdate
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