Is a Shaft a Rod?

a shaft can be many things .... like a mine shaft .... a shaft of light .... so the answer is no

2006-09-12 07:08:35 · answer #1 · answered by Gandalf 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋

A shaft is a hollow cylinder or square carved or bored through a materiel. A rod is a cylinder of solid materiel. Think of the shaft and pistons of a internal combustion engine. The pistons are the rods and the shafts are, surprise, the shafts. Mine adits open onto shafts which can be vertical or horizontal but all are empty space where miners work creating more shaft..

2006-09-12 07:18:25 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A shaft is used on rotating equipment. An example is the drive shaft on your car. Technically a shaft does not have to be straight an engine crank shaft is an example of this. A rod is any straight cylindrical object.

2006-09-12 07:15:02 · answer #3 · answered by Scott S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A shaft can be a rod and it is not must that shaft is a hollow stuff as others said

2006-09-12 07:50:44 · answer #4 · answered by Pd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I do believe a shaft is not a rod. A shaft is a cylindrically shaped container of a tunnel, and a rod is a solid object, with a cylindrical shape. There is no hole in a rod. There is a hole in a shaft.

2006-09-12 07:10:56 · answer #5 · answered by mipsaction 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋

Let us consider only the contextual meanings and then compare.Shafts are made up of rods.Shafts may have a few machining works like step turning, threading etc, on them. Shafts can be either solid, hollow, eccentric etc. A rod has generally uniform circular cross section without any machining works on them.

2006-09-12 10:21:47 · answer #6 · answered by RajaRao 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

A shaft is a rod that has been machined to a certain tolerance and design.
A rod is solid and has a mill finish and higher tolerance dimensions.

2006-09-12 11:43:21 · answer #7 · answered by Edgar R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

I think a shaft is hollow and a rod is solid.

2006-09-12 07:07:11 · answer #8 · answered by c.arsenault 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋

rod like object can be used as a shaft used in rotating equipment. the rod can be solid or hollow depending upon shear and torque.

2006-09-12 09:57:28 · answer #9 · answered by charles great 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋

noun: a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
noun: a vertical passage into a mine
noun: (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
noun: a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
noun: a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
noun: a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
noun: the main (mid) section of a long bone
noun: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect (Example: "She threw shafts of sarcasm")
noun: the hollow shaft of a feather
noun: a long pointed rod used as a weapon
noun: obscene terms for penis
noun: a column of light (as from a beacon)
verb: equip with a shaft
verb: defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit

above is definition of shaft

below is definition of rod

noun: any rod-shaped bacterium
noun: a long thin implement made of metal or wood
noun: visual receptor cell sensitive to dim light
noun: a gangster's pistol
noun: a square rod of land
noun: a linear measure of 16.5 feet
name: A male given name (rare: 1 in 7692 males; popularity rank in the U.S.: #599)
name: A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #26120)

2006-09-12 07:21:32 · answer #10 · answered by tronary 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋

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