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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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| 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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Example sentences
Regenerative braking creates the electric power, which is stored with a flywheel.
If the flywheel becomes distorted as a result of such removal, the flywheel may be subject to stress and vibration.
After starting the flywheel, the weighted, inner wheel begins spinning and the bike is stable and ready to ride.
He stood rubbing her back in the manner of someone trying to set a flywheel right.
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