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single-acting definition

single-acting (-ak′tiŋ)

adjective

acting in or impelled from one direction only, as an engine; not reciprocating

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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