radius rod: Meaning and Definition of

ra'dius rod"

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. (in a feathering paddle wheel) any of the rods, meeting in a hub mounted eccentrically with the paddle-wheel shaft, for feathering the paddles while in the water. See illus. under
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