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Categories: Flywheels

flywheel fly-wheel Fly wheel flywheels

Regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine WordNet 3.0

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Regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

A flywheel is a mechanical device which uses the conservation of angular momentum to store rotational energy; a form of kinetic energy proportional to the product of its moment of inertia and the square of its rotational speed. Wikipedia

Rotating disk used as a storage device for kinetic energy. Wikipedia Disambiguation

Mechanical device specifically designed to efficiently store rotational energy, which is proportional to the square of its rotational speed and its mass Wikidata

A mechanical device with a significant moment of inertia used as a storage device for rotational energy. OmegaWiki

A rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits while the machine receives or releases energy at a varying rate. Wiktionary

Rotating mass. Wiktionary (translation)

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control moment gyroscope

reaction wheel

wand vibrator

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