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Crank may refer to:

As a technical term:
  • Crankshaft , the part of a piston engine which translates reciprocating linear piston motion into rotation

  • Crankset , the component of a bicycle drivetrain that converts the reciprocating motion of the rider's legs into rotational motion used to drive the chain, which in turn drives the rear wheel

  • Crank (mechanism) , in mechanical engineering, a bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it

  • in mathematics, used to explain congruence patterns in Integer Partition s, as coined by Freeman Dyson


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