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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DIRECT-ACTING

DIRECT-ACTING Di *rect "-act `ing, a. (Mach. )

Defn: Acting directly, as one part upon another, without the intervention of other working parts. Direct-acting steam engine, one in which motion is transmitted to the crank without the intervention of a beam or lever; -- also called direct-action steam engine. -- Direct-acting steam pump, one in which the steam piston rod is directly connected with the pump rod; -- also called direct-action steam pump.

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