Usually means: Performs action in two directions.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word double-acting:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. double-acting: Merriam-Webster
  2. double-acting: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. double-acting, double-acting: Collins English Dictionary
  4. double-acting: Wordnik
  5. double-acting: Wiktionary
  6. double-acting: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. Double-acting, double-acting: Dictionary.com
  8. Double-acting: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  9. double-acting: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  10. Double-acting: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. double-acting: FreeDictionary.org
  12. double-acting: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. double-acting: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (double-acting)

▸ adjective:  (engineering, mechanics) Applying power in two directions.
▸ adjective:  Producing a double result.

Similar:
double-handed, bidirectional, single-acting, twin-track, cross-handed, double-barrelled, bifunctional, double-faced, double-geared, multipowered, more...

Types:
two-stroke, four-stroke, Wankel engine, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, more...

Phrases:
Single- and double-acting cylinders, more...

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Similar:
double-handed, bidirectional, single-acting, twin-track, cross-handed, double-barrelled, bifunctional, double-faced, double-geared, multipowered, more...

Types:
two-stroke, four-stroke, Wankel engine, Otto cycle, Diesel cycle, more...

Phrases:
Single- and double-acting cylinders, more...



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