centerhung

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English

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Alternative forms

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  • center-hung
  • center hung

Adjective

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centerhung (not comparable)

  1. indicating that one thing is hung from the center of another thing.
    A centerhung sash window rotates horizontally on hinge pins at its center. When open, the top part tilts into the room and to bottom part tilts outside.
    • 2023 August 11, Wikipedia contributors, “Cintas Center”, in English Wikipedia[1], Wikimedia Foundation:
      A new, 10mm centerhung Mitsubishi DiamondVision video board was installed along with 16.5mm LSI/SACO scoring panels, a 360° ring and almost 600' of LED fascia ribbon board.
    • 2018 December 14, Andrzej Stankiewicz, Jacob A. Moulijn, Re-Engineering the Chemical Processing Plant: Process Intensification, CRC Press, page 45:
      The cantilever design places the rotor at the end of the shaft, while the centerhung design positions the rotor in the middle of the shaft, with bearing on either side of the rotor.