quick return
/ˌkwɪk rɪˈtəːn/Mechanics
adjective
Usually with hyphen. Designating a motion or mechanism that rapidly returns a part of a machine which has just performed an action to the point from which it can repeat the action.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Scientific American. From quick + return.
- inanely
- inaneness
- inanga
- in an ideal (or a perfect) world
- inanimate
- inanimately
- inanimation
- in an interesting condition
- inanition
- inanity
- in a nutshell
- in any case
- in any event
- in any shape or form (or in any way, shape, or form)
- in a (or one) sense
- in a pig's eye
- in-app
- inapparent
- inappetence
- inappetent
- inapplicability
- inapplicable
- inapplicably
- inapposite
- inappositely