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driving wheel

noun

Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others.

Also called driver. Railroads. one of the wheels of a locomotive that transmits the power of an engine or motor into tractive effort.

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Origin:
1830–40

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driving wheel

—n
1.	a wheel, esp a gear wheel, that causes other wheels to rotate
2.	any wheel of a vehicle that transforms torque into a tractive force

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