Driving
Driv·ing
Driving
a.
- Having great force of impulse; as, a driving wind or storm.
- Communicating force; impelling; as, a driving shaft.
Phrases & Compounds
- Driving axle
- the axle of a driving wheel, as in a locomotive.
- Driving box
- the journal box of a driving axle. See Illust. of Locomotive.
- Driving note
- a syncopated note; a tone begun on a weak part of a measure and held through the next accented part, thus anticipating the accent and driving it through.
- Driving spring
- a spring fixed upon the box of the driving axle of a locomotive engine to support the weight and deaden shocks.
- Driving wheel
- a wheel that communicates motion; one of the large wheels of a locomotive to which the connecting rods of the engine are attached; -- called also, simply, driver. See Illust. of Locomotive.
Driving
n.
- The act of forcing or urging something along; the act of pressing or moving on furiously.
- Tendency; drift. [R.]