moving part
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3.1
- noun
- Specialized
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pieza móvil
- The Model 105 Composite Sampler operates with no moving parts, leading to low maintenance.
- only moving part
- few moving parts
- contains moving parts
So there are a lot of moving parts as we go through this.
- So there are a lot of moving parts as we go through this.
- So it's like there's all these moving parts to the modern world now.
- It has no moving parts, so it's much, much more stable.
- So, yeah, it's sort of like there's a lot of moving parts to how anger works.
- The issue is it takes so many different other moving parts to be able to make that happen.
- So there's a lot of variables here, a lot of moving parts.
- I found when I was first learning this, it's hard to keep all the moving parts.
- The Tesla valve is a type of check valve that has no moving parts.
- Yeah, there's so, I mean, there's so many logistical moving parts and things that you need to deal with that.
- And I like when there's a lot less moving parts because the fewer moving parts you have, the less there is to go wrong.
- Because ultimately there's first of all, it's just too many moving parts to just make everything exactly like you want.
Examples
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It has no moving parts, so it's much, much more stable.
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When mounted, it has three moving parts.
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So there are a lot of moving parts as we go through this.
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It's about cool design values, moving parts, German technology.
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The issue is it takes so many different other moving parts to be able to make that happen.
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Way less moving parts and way less risk for things getting broken or going wrong.
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This baby has moving parts.
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Think of them as the three moving parts of a single engine.
Academic text (2006) -
So you get system simplicity, less moving parts, but they have to be smaller in order to achieve that.
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The nut sheller features only one moving part for easy manufacture and use.
Synonyms
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A moving part inside a machine, like a gun, that makes it work
How Mobile
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a component that moves or changes position' is directly and literally built from 'moving' (in motion) + 'part' (a component), so a learner who knows both words can infer the MWE's meaning. This is a standard adjective+noun composition found cross-linguistically and follows predictable English patterns, making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
Moving part comes from the simple image of a machine where the moving part is the piece that changes position while the rest stay still. So, a moving part today means 'a component that moves or changes position while the machine works'.