What's the difference between axle and winch?

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.

Winch


Definition:

  • (v. i.) To wince; to shrink; to kick with impatience or uneasiness.
  • (n.) A kick, as of a beast, from impatience or uneasiness.
  • (n.) A crank with a handle, for giving motion to a machine, a grindstone, etc.
  • (n.) An instrument with which to turn or strain something forcibly.
  • (n.) An axle or drum turned by a crank with a handle, or by power, for raising weights, as from the hold of a ship, from mines, etc.; a windlass.
  • (n.) A wince.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) We see people who are grossly fat, their wobbling, sad bodies being winched out of windows, and class that as "obesity", distancing ourselves from the term.
  • (2) Because of the centrally placed winch and simple design, it withstands strong pulling and is very reliable.
  • (3) The $2.5bn (£1.6bn) trundling science lab began its mission on Mars after a dramatic arrival last month in which the rover was winched to the surface from a spacecraft hovering overhead on rocket thrusters.
  • (4) The Dp was measured at 1.40 m.s-1, using a mechanical winch and a strain gauge with a load cell connected to a strain bridge.
  • (5) As their hot blood pours in torrents into the sea, the defenceless whales are finished off by winching them up by the tail to force their massive heads beneath the surface and electrocuting them as they thrash and drown in panicked desperation.
  • (6) With more than 50,000 supporters remaining commendably calm, engineers eventually arrived and were winched up to re-attach the screen.
  • (7) "We'll black it out, drop Barry the dummy down, and they can practise winching and rescue."
  • (8) Once full, the bags will be winched by helicopters and flown down the mountain.
  • (9) The Aylesbury itself is one of London's largest estates and its long construction throughout the 1960s and 70s was overseen by architects Derek Winch and Hans Peter Trenton of Southwark council.
  • (10) Shrimp boat winch injury to the upper extremity was identified in three patients.
  • (11) On Monday, the bodies were winched to the top of the 550ft (168 metre) cliffs, as detectives broke into a silver Volkswagen people carrier found in a nearby car park that was believed to have belonged to the group.
  • (12) But this was to be expected – the first stage of tightening the dozens of winches around the vessel and starting to ease it off the rocks was always expected to be the most delicate.
  • (13) Charlie Winch, a third-year international relations student, says: "This small group of occupiers risk widening the already growing divide between the university and its students.
  • (14) As a consequence of inaccessible accident sites in the mountains, 23% of the rescues had to be performed by winch.
  • (15) In October a terminally ill woman was left stranded in the hydraulic lift that was to winch her onto a Ryanair flight which took off without her, and in 2011 a person with multiple sclerosis successfully sued the same airline after the lift failed to arrive and she had to be hauled up the aircraft steps over her husband’s shoulder.
  • (16) The pirate boat, Coopepes 20, is a rusting 60ft fishing vessel, its longline winch clear on the rear deck, alongside a barrel brimming with shining hooks.
  • (17) "The oil industry is moving away from helicopters for in-field operations because of safety concerns and, in any case, being winched on to the top of a 100m turbine in a gale is not an attractive proposition."
  • (18) The results were discussed in terms of their implications for Winch's theory of complementary needs and for past and future investigation of need compatibility.
  • (19) Swiss Air Rescue (REGA) teams execute more than 3000 aeromedical missions annually, of which some require the use of a winch.
  • (20) His green shirt balloons round his body, baggy slacks winched up high.