(In a rotary or radial engine) a rod which connects one of the pistons to the crankshaft and carries the wrist pins to which the link rods are connected.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Definition of master rod in US English:
master rod
noun
Engineering
(In a rotary or radial engine) a rod which connects one of the pistons to the crankshaft and carries the wrist pins to which the link rods are connected.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica.