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Flywheel

 [flahy-hweel, -weel]   Origin

fly·wheel

   [flahy-hweel, -weel]
noun Machinery.
a heavy disk or wheel rotating on a shaft so that its momentum gives almost uniform rotational speed to the shaft and to all connected machinery.
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Origin:
1775–85; fly1 + wheel
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flywheel (ˈflaɪˌwiːl)
 
—n
a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine by maintaining a constant speed of rotation over the whole cycle

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flywheel
1784, from fly (n.) "speed-regulating device" (from fly (v.1)) + wheel.
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