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nonreciprocating

nonreciprocating

9.1
Not moving back and forth but moving in one steady motion
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.rɪˈsɪp.rə.keɪ.tɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no reciprocante
  • Unlike conventional saws, the tool features a nonreciprocating cutting blade for smoother operation.

Examples

  • The engine uses a nonreciprocating rotary motion to drive the wheels efficiently.

  • The nonreciprocating pump operates smoothly.

  • Modern compressors often use nonreciprocating designs to reduce vibration and noise.

  • Is this nonreciprocating engine efficient?

  • Modern compressors often use nonreciprocating designs to reduce vibration and noise.

  • The engine uses a nonreciprocating rotary motion to drive the wheels efficiently.

  • Unlike conventional saws, the tool features a nonreciprocating cutting blade for smoother operation.

Synonyms

unidirectional
vsnonreciprocating
3 6.8

Working or moving in only one direction

is about motion that does not move alternately forward and backward
nonoscillatory
vsnonreciprocating
  • Specialized
9.9

Having no repeating movement or vibration

defines absence of alternating forward and backward movement rather than vibration
undeviating
vsnonreciprocating
7.7

Moving in a straight line without turning or changing direction

is about not moving alternately forward and backward rather than straightness

How Alternating

oscillating
  • Specialized
6.2
nonreciprocating
  • Specialized
9.1

Surface Forms

nonreciprocating positive

Morphology

nonreciprocating = reciprocating (transparent) = non + reciprocate + ing

The adjective is formed by negating 'reciprocating' with the productive prefix 'non-', so the meaning is directly 'not reciprocating'.

Etymology

Nonreciprocating breaks into non- meaning 'not' and reciprocal meaning 'back-and-forth' or 'give back'. So nonreciprocating describes a motion or machine that is 'not moving back-and-forth', like a rotary part that turns smoothly in one direction.