small end

noun

The end of a connecting rod in a internal combustion engine that is connected to a piston.

Opposite
big end
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Meanings

nounsmall end (plural small ends)

plural small ends

  1. The end of a connecting rod in a internal combustion engine that is connected to a piston.

    The connecting rods are one-piece forgings of alloy steel with a copper/lead steel-backed bearing at the large end and a phosphor-bronze bush at the small end. Oil is carried from the big end to the small end by a centrally drilled oil hole.

    1958 April 29, “British Railways First Main-Line Diesel-Hydraulic Locomotive”, in Railway Magazine, page 265

    Antonyms: big end

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe end of a connecting rod in a internal combustion engine that is connected to a piston.

Opposite
big end
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APA

small end. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20end

MLA

“small end.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20end. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “small end,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/small%20end.

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