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Driving axle   /drˈaɪvɪŋ ˈæksəl/   Listen
adjective
Driving  adj.  
1.
Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.
2.
Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
Driving axle, the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive.
Driving box (Locomotive), the journal box of a driving axle.
Driving note (Mus.), a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
Driving spring, a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks. (Eng.)
Driving wheel (Mach.), a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; called also, simply, driver.






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"Driving axle" Quotes from Famous Books



... engine had a vertical boiler and machinery. The cylinders were on the opposite side of the boiler from the door of the fire box, and mounted independently; the motion of the piston was communicated by means of a crank shaft and toothed wheels to the driving axle. The wheels were coupled. A regulator, injector, and a hand-brake were placed at each end, so that the engine driver could always stand in the front, whichever was the direction in which the engine moved; and there was a platform ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 530, February 27, 1886 • Various



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