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flywheel

ˈflaɪˌwil
WordNet
Cast iron flywheel manufactured by Machinefabriek Braat and in operation in the palm oil factory Jurgens in Makassar. Several European board members and a few Javanese employees pose at the machine. Part of the photo album Machinefabriek Braat Soerabaia-Djocja-Tegal, ca. 1916-1924.
Cast iron flywheel manufactured by Machinefabriek Braat and in operation in the palm oil factory Jurgens in Makassar. Several European board members and a few Javanese employees pose at the machine. Part of the photo album Machinefabriek Braat Soerabaia-Djocja-Tegal, ca. 1916-1924.
  1. (n) flywheel
    regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) flywheel
    In machinery, a wheel with a heavy rim placed on the revolving shaft of any machinery put in motion by an irregular or intermitting force or meeting with an irregular or intermittent resistance, for the purpose of rendering the motion equable and regular by means of its momentum.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Flywheel
    a large wheel with a heavy rim applied to machinery to equalise the effect of the driving effort
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary A.S. fléogan, pa.t. fleáh; Ger. fliegen.

Usage in the news

This is why we upgraded the flywheel on a four-cylinder Jeep YJ Wrangler with a heavier one, to help keep it spinning. 4wheeloffroad.com

This is a fundraiser for Flywheel Arts. valleyadvocate.com

Flywheel Old Easthampton Town Hall, 43 Main St Easthampton, MA, 413 527-9800. valleyadvocate.com

Flywheel 's regular instructors seem even better. chicagotribune.com

Volvo research fits a flywheel kinetic-energy-recovery system to a car's rear axle, while a conventional engine powers the front wheels. autoweek.com

Flywheel Old Easthampton Town Hall, 43 Main St Easthampton, MA, 413 527-9800. valleyadvocate.com

The flywheel inertia could be re-sized. hydraulicspneumatics.com

A flywheel in the ointment . ecnmag.com

This little handy dandy flywheel remover is a must. dirtrider.com

My cross-training for the week was an intense spin class at FlyWheel Sports with some of the FITNESS editors. fitnessmagazine.com

Cabulous Rebrands As Flywheel, Will Accept Non-Taxi Drivers. forbes.com

According to Keveney, the Gnome 's advantages over water-cooled engines were less weight (under 170 pounds), better balance, and no flywheel. airportbusiness.com

FROM JIMS USA comes tool No 753, otherwise known as the Mighty Bite Flywheel Lock Tool. dealernews.com

Flywheel is trying to work through existing taxi fleets to make smartphones the smoothest way to flag a yellow cab. ired.com

Musician Julian Koster comes to Flywheel in Easthampton. gazettenet.com

Usage in scientific papers

In order to explore the complexity and diversity of the flywheels' dynamics, we have developed the real-physics computer model of a universal mechanical rotor.
Superconducting Flywheel Model for Energy Storage Applications

Keywords: Flywheels; Computer Simulation; Levitation; Vortex Dynamics.
Superconducting Flywheel Model for Energy Storage Applications

Utilization of the superconducting levitation phenomena in large scale mechanical devices of low energy consumption, like flywheels for energy storage, is an obvious but promising application of high temperature superconductors (HTS) .
Superconducting Flywheel Model for Energy Storage Applications

The idea of the superconducting flywheel or a superconducting bearing in general, is simple: there is no energy loss in the system where rotation is realized coaxially to completely axisymmetric magnetic field.
Superconducting Flywheel Model for Energy Storage Applications

As output of the model we measure time dependencies of frequency and energy of the rotor: w (t), W(t) and W(w). The most important parameter for the flywheel applications is energy loss, especially in HTS bearings.
Superconducting Flywheel Model for Energy Storage Applications

Usage in literature

The flywheel, fitted as with the original 35 horse-power engine, weighed 37 lbs. "A History of Aeronautics" by E. Charles Vivian

I could feel the heavy little flywheel inside. "The Silent Bullet" by Arthur B. Reeve

The flywheel of his will-power hung on a dead centre. "True Stories of Crime From the District Attorney's Office" by Arthur Train

In the Crewe engine the flywheel, it will be noticed, is provided with a balanceweight. "Scientific American Supplement, Vol. XIX, No. 470, Jan. 3, 1885" by Various

By way of bein' obligin', Eb showed me how to roll the flywheel and start the engine. "On With Torchy" by Sewell Ford

The fly-weights (at the ends of the diagonal arm) functioned as a flywheel. "Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt" by Eugene S. Ferguson

A dog, tied or strapped into the pen, ran forward and so moved the slats of the treadmill which in turn rotated a flywheel. "Agricultural Implements and Machines in the Collection of the National Museum of History and Technology" by John T. Schlebecker

Nothing now remains to be made except the crank and the flywheel. "Boys' Book of Model Boats" by Raymond Francis Yates

He seemed to be the guiding spirit and the flywheel of the whole proceedings. "The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit" by Richard Harris

Finally, however, Dave pushed the power belt from the flywheel, and the stones stopped turning; but there was no way of stopping the sails. "Wyn's Camping Days" by Amy Bell Marlowe