Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

counter shaft

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: coun-ter shaft
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

2

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of countershaft.

Example Sentences

"The drive from the engine is taken through a fluid flywheel and universally jointed shaft to the counter-shaft and thence to a five-speed preselective type epicyclic gearbox by another shaft."

Inflected Forms

counter shafts (plural)

Questions

What does counter shaft mean?: Alternative form of countershaft.

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