• A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the link, in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in locomotives and marine engines.
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Link' mo'tion (mō'shŭn).
(Steam Engine) A valve gear, consisting of two eccentrics with their rods, giving motion to a slide valve by an adjustable connecting bar, called the
link , in such a way that the motion of the engine can be reversed, or the cut-off varied, at will; -- used very generally in lo...
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