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single-acting [sing-guh l-ak-ting] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN adjective (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work only in one direction.Compare double-acting(def 1). Liberaldictionary.com
Origin of single-acting First recorded in 1815–25 Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for single-acting Historical Examples of single-acting
By single-acting is meant that the air cylinders compress their respective volumes of air once every revolution.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891
Various
This differs from the one just described chiefly in that it is single-acting, while the other is double-acting.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891
Various
The double-acting engine, unlike the single-acting pumping engine, required a piston rod that would push as well as pull.
Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt
Eugene S. Ferguson
A chain from the piston-rod to the arch head, as described in the single-acting engine, would fail to transmit this force.
The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition)
Dionysius Lardner
The piston will, therefore, be pressed downwards by the action of the steam above it, as in the single-acting engine.
The Steam Engine Explained and Illustrated (Seventh Edition)
Dionysius Lardner
British Dictionary definitions for single-acting single-acting adjective (of a reciprocating engine or pump) having a piston or pistons that are pressurized on one side onlyCompare double-acting (def. 1) Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
