What's the difference between axle and crank?

Axle


Definition:

  • (n.) The pin or spindle on which a wheel revolves, or which revolves with a wheel.
  • (n.) A transverse bar or shaft connecting the opposite wheels of a car or carriage; an axletree.
  • (n.) An axis; as, the sun's axle.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Interpretive criteria for AxLS were refined after correlation of the identified image components with clinical parameters including axillary surgery, lymph node histology and relapse within a follow-up period of 2 years from the study.
  • (2) Addition of axolemma- and myelin-enriched membrane fractions (AXL and MYE, respectively) to cultured Schwann cells stimulated 32P incorporation into phosphatidylinositol 4-monophosphate [PtdIns(4)P] and phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate [PtdIns(4,5)P2].
  • (3) According to Reitzell, who monitors these things on the internet, the two most anticipated returns in all of rock'n'roll are those of Axl Rose and Kevin Shields.
  • (4) Expression of axl cDNA in the baculovirus system results in the expression of the appropriate recombinant protein that is recognized by antiphosphotyrosine antibodies, confirming that the axl protein is a tyrosine kinase.
  • (5) The results show clinically relevant differences between the 2 positions of the pedal axle, being in many cases statistically significant (p less than or equal to 0.01).
  • (6) angle," i.e., the angle between the vertical through the rear axle and a line connecting the rear axle and the system center-of-gravity.
  • (7) The pressure of the pulmonary artery (PAP) was elevated at rest and under exercise load when the pedal axle was elevated.
  • (8) Best of all was the technic Lego, the gears and axles and motors that formed the guts of fantastical machines, frequently purposeless but endlessly fascinating.
  • (9) The digitized film was used to compute the angular kinematics of the shoulder and elbow joints, the variations in the position of the trunk (as measured by a marker on the neck) and hand relative to the axle of the rear wheel.
  • (10) The oxygen saturation of the blood was somewhat less at rest and during exercise load when the pedal axle was elevated compared to the findings with the low pedal axle.
  • (11) The Wrap last week reported that Cruise was spending up to five hours a day with Axl Rose's voice coach, to good effect.
  • (12) Experienced wheelchair users in their own lightweight wheelchairs were less stable than users of conventional chairs (t = 2.16, p less than 0.05) or chairs with posteriorly offset axles (t = 3.64, p less than 0.01).
  • (13) In the first animal experiment using nonoptimized vanes, there was no thrombus at the back plane or the seal, and only a small thrombus at the transition between axle and rotor.
  • (14) The double-fluorescent fused cells were significantly different in AXL (size) and RAS (internal structure) distribution compared with the (non-fused) mono-fluorescent cells.
  • (15) A set of bicycle pedals is connected by a chain drive, axle, and wall-mounted sealed ball bearing to an external ergometer.
  • (16) Out of one hundred of individuals studied, 93 showed a diagnosis in Axle I according to DSM-IIIR criteria for mental disorders classification.
  • (17) Axl Rose could take his shirt off and that was rock'n'roll!
  • (18) Previous guests include the Guns 'N' Roses frontman Axl Rose, compared to whom Lopes seemed to suggest a squad of footballers would be a piece of cake.
  • (19) Important information can even be obtained about the wood used: its condition, the wooden axles, and abrasion of the gears.
  • (20) An acrylic disc is equipped with a short brass axle.

Crank


Definition:

  • (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.
  • (n.) Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.
  • (n.) A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.
  • (n.) A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion.
  • (n.) A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter.
  • (n.) A sick person; an invalid.
  • (n.) Sick; infirm.
  • (n.) Liable to careen or be overset, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.
  • (n.) Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.
  • (n.) To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A crank arm length of 170 mm and pedalling rate of 100 rpm correspond closely to the cost function minimum.
  • (2) Known as crank, crystal, ice, crystal meth, and speed, MAP can be produced easily from ephedrine, and it is widely available.
  • (3) Eighty degrees further forward, along the minor axis, was the crank arm orientation for the second ellipse, Eng90.
  • (4) Vote for me, and I will complete the job of rebalancing it... January 28, 2014 12.03pm GMT Britain's businesses need to stop sitting on their cash piles and crank up their investment, argues IPPR’s chief economist Tony Dolphin: “The news that manufacturing is growing is welcome.
  • (5) A defeated Trump could be expected to be even busier, cranking up what many expect will be a far-right Trump TV network, which he’s already been road testing on Facebook.
  • (6) It’s a sweet, tender, funny reintroduction to a classic character, and after a few recent PR missteps by Archie Comics – which cranked up Kickstarter campaigns to quickly relaunch other modernised versions of some of its classic titles, before abandoning the idea after complaints from fans and industry professionals – looks like a solid launchpad for its 75th-anniversary celebrations.
  • (7) The method consists of simultaneously measuring both the normal and tangential pedal forces, the EMGs of eight leg muscles, and the crank arm and pedal angles.
  • (8) Seven subjects were successively submitted to LBNP exposure, arm cranking physical exercise, and to a combination of both procedures (LBNP + arm cranking) in order to check whether this combination enhances RAAS activity.
  • (9) A progressive continuous arm cranking test, modified for each group, was employed to elicit maximal responses with pulmonary and metabolic determinations made with open circuit spirometry and selected cardiovascular measurements made by impedance cardiography.
  • (10) Orgasms were the stuff of the academy and of politics in the 1970s, but now, to go anywhere near that stuff would be a fast and effective way to sound like a crank.
  • (11) Who else would have decided to leave the relative cosiness of Ditchling Village for Hopkins Crank, an unreconstructed Georgian squatter's cottage and outbuildings on Ditchling Common?
  • (12) A ceiling fan cranked to full capacity was useless against the oppressive summer heat.
  • (13) In recent weeks Trump has been cranking up his gender attacks on Clinton, accusing her of playing the woman card and criticising her for being an “enabler” of her husband’s infidelities.
  • (14) And that allows the viewer to read into them his or her own view of the world, and then cranks up the emotional volume as high as it will go.
  • (15) This system consists of a flexible rod, sheath, crank, and cam to transmit the muscle power to a pusher plate pump and actuate it.
  • (16) Analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that both peak heart rate (HR) and rate pressure product (RPP) increased significantly with increases in cranking rate across the three tests (p less than .05).
  • (17) Then came Twitter, which really cranked things up in terms of the terror around your own public persona.
  • (18) The royal soap opera soon cranked up into a Hollywood blockbuster: the wedding at St Paul’s, the babies, infidelities on both sides, divorce, Diana’s shocking death in Paris, national mourning, Elton John at the funeral.
  • (19) The first of the extra 12,000 Syrian refugees should arrive in Australia before Christmas as officials crank up a $700m process to select, check and resettle them.
  • (20) Anyway, grab your party hat and some streamers, crank your German rock way up high and let’s get this party started.