1 In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. ( 2 n.) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. ( 3 n.) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a iron rod that is used to make lightning strike it, rather than strike something else. It is part of a lightning protection system. Such a system is made of many such rods. These rods are usually placed at high points of buildings and structures.
The piston pin allows back and forth motion of the connecting rod ( as it 's other end is moving back and forth in a circular motion with the crankshaft. ) ...if instead of a pin a solid joint was made from the piston to the connecting rod the engine would not be able to run , as the connecting rod would try to rock the piston back and forth ( side ...