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flywheel

[ UK /flˈa‍ɪwiːl/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫaɪˌwiɫ/ ]
NOUN
  1. regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine

How To Use flywheel In A Sentence

  • He felt dizzy, head swiveling back and forth as he took in the booths: those of companies operating wind farms, nonprofits seeking backers to create microgrids in remote parts of Third World countries, solar power companies, geothermal exploration operations and smaller outfits that made or installed photovoltaic arrays, flywheel and liquid sodium storage systems, batteries, superconductive transport systems, smart grids . . . the list was endless. The Burning Wire
  • But today, the engine's whistles were sounding again and its 70-ton, 27 ft high flywheel was turning for the first time in more than 30 years.
  • On one occasion the doctor was driving down St Aubyn Street when the flywheel came off, cartwheeled away and was lost.
  • He was fearful that the bearings might seize; if that happened, the spinning flywheel would tear the ship to pieces.
  • In a momentary outage, the flywheel may eliminate the need for the batteries to take on the load at all.
  • I have a design patent on a novelty item, but patenting levers, flywheels etc.
  • In a 1,000-horsepower engine, 150 horsepower never reaches the flywheel.
  • The flywheel, which is 4 m. in diameter, serves at the same time as a driving pulley. Scientific American Supplement, No. 458, October 11, 1884
  • On one occasion the doctor was driving down St Aubyn Street when the flywheel came off, cartwheeled away and was lost.
  • Lie, cheat, fix the rules, buy influence and ensure, always ensure, that a government's political outlook fits like a flywheel to your corporate machine.
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