flywheel

Noun

Meaning

regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine

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Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair. Annie Dillard

A flywheel is often used to ensure smooth rotation or to store energy to carry the engine through an un-powered part of the cycle. Source: Internet

A gyroscope flywheel will roll or resist about the output axis depending upon whether the output gimbals are of a free- or fixed- configuration. Source: Internet

An alternative to batteries is a motor generator connected to a flywheel and diesel engine. Source: Internet

“At no time before, during or after the meeting did Milken disclose that he had any financial interest whatsoever in Flywheel.” Source: Internet

A larger flywheel or multiple flywheels operating in parallel will increase the reserve running time or capacity. Source: Internet

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