manivela — meaning in English

English meaning

• crank noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
• leverage noun Power or influence used to get an advantage or achieve a desired result.
• prize noun An award given to the winner of a competition, contest, or lottery.

Senses

manivela is used for these senses in English:

• crank A bent piece of an axle or shaft, or an attached arm perpendicular, or nearly so, to the end of a shaft or wheel, used to impart a rotation to a wheel or other mechanical device; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion.
• leverage (business) The ability to earn very high returns when operating at high-capacity utilization of a facility.
• prize A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.

crank — full definition

1. noun A handle or arm turned to operate a machine or mechanism.
2. noun A person seen as eccentric, obsessive, or holding strange fringe beliefs.
3. adjective Grouchy or irritable (informal, chiefly used as "cranky").
4. verb To turn using a crank, or to start a machine by turning one.

leverage — full definition

1. noun Power or influence used to get an advantage or achieve a desired result.
2. noun The use of borrowed money to increase the potential return of an investment.
3. verb To use something to maximum advantage.

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