Definizione monolingua

capstan

capstan (plural capstans)

1. (nautical) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.
2. (electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.

Definizione dizionario capstan

	cabestano
	vertical cleated drum or cylinder

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Altri significati:

(electronics) A rotating spindle used to move recording tape through the mechanism of a tape recorder.

(nautical) A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket.

part of a tape recorder