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drag link

[′drag ‚liŋk]
(mechanical engineering)
A four-bar linkage in which both cranks traverse full circles; the fixed member must be the shortest link.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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