Meanings
nounpower take-off (plural power take-offs, abbreviation PTO)
plural power take-offs · abbreviation PTO
- A powered shaft on an agricultural tractor or other machine used for auxiliary equipment.
His shingle-lifting boom was built out of logs and pipework and ran off the power take-off of his tractor, and must have taken him weeks to build.
1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, page 174Synonyms: PTO
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA powered shaft on an agricultural tractor or other machine used for auxiliary equipment.
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Translations
Finnish voimanottolaite, voimanulosotto
- voimanottolaiteauxiliary shaft
- voimanulosottoauxiliary shaft
French prise de force
- prise de forceauxiliary shaft
Greek δυναμοδότη
- δυναμοδότη (dynamodóti)auxiliary shaft
Polish wał odbioru mocy
- wał odbioru mocyauxiliary shaft
Spanish toma de fuerza
- toma de fuerzaauxiliary shaft
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