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flywheel

[ flahy-hweel, -weel ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

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.

flywheel

/ ˈflaɪˌwiːl /

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

First recorded in 1775–85; fly ² + wheel

Bring the flywheel over to back center so that piston will compress the charge.

If the explosion does not follow, the flywheel may be turned back again and brought up sharply past the dead center.

With the flywheel in the hand, bring the piston back sharply two or three times, compressing the charge.

The engine is mounted on the boiler well toward the front, and the flywheel is near the stack (in the locomotive type).

The traction wheels are usually high, and the flywheel is between one wheel and the boiler.

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