power take-off

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power take-off

noun power take-offs · PTO

  1. 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.

    Similar: PTO

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noun auxiliary shaft

Españoltoma de fuerza
Françaisprise de force
Ελληνικάδυναμοδότη dynamodóti

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@misc{power_take_off_2026,
  title = {power take-off},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/power%20take-off},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}