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UK
/flˈaɪwiːl/
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[ US /ˈfɫaɪˌwiɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫaɪˌwiɫ/ ]
NOUN
- regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine
How To Use flywheel In A Sentence
- These are the ones with a fixed wheel and a heavy flywheel with loads of centrifugal force.
- He said the 41 ft long steam engine, with a flywheel 14 ft in diameter, was in very good condition.
- The system uses a 120-pound flywheel that is powered by electricity; once power is cut, the flywheel continues to spin using its own momentum.
- New Scientist took up some original thought on an old idea, the flywheel, which can store energy with high efficiency.
- Now, it's expected that all vehicles will make a good bit less power at the wheels than at the engine's flywheel, which is how they are rated from the factory. Autoblog
- Torotrak is a UK-based company that's developing a technology called a flywheel hybrid. WN.com - Articles related to Test your fuel-economy know-how
- I'm not an advocate of external balancing, which puts a portion of the required counterweight on the flywheel and balancer.
- Tiny cogs and flywheels rolled or flew into the corners of the room.
- A CVT-controlled flywheel is particularly suited to stop-start driving situations when real-world fuel economy is often at its worst. Formula 1 is not going hybrid « Isegoria
- The 35-kW, three-phase motor also serves as the flywheel, starter, alternator and traction motor to drive the front wheels.