"torque converter" meaning in All languages combined

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        {
          "word": "continuously variable transmission"
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          "word": "direct drive"
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          "ref": "1959 December, “Diesel multiple-units on the St. Pancras-Bedford service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 588:",
          "text": "The eight-cylinder Rolls-Royce diesel engines drive through \"Twin Disc\" torque converters up to a speed of some 46 m.p.h., when the drive automatically changes to direct coupling and the torque converter is disengaged.",
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        "A device that converts the rotational output of a prime mover into work by driving a rotational load. A torque converter functions as a clutch and reduction gear to allow loose coupling between the driver and the driven, letting the drive (such as a motor or engine) rotate at different speeds from the load (such as a wheel)."
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        "(mechanical engineering) A device that converts the rotational output of a prime mover into work by driving a rotational load. A torque converter functions as a clutch and reduction gear to allow loose coupling between the driver and the driven, letting the drive (such as a motor or engine) rotate at different speeds from the load (such as a wheel)."
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device",
          "word": "扭矩轉換器"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "niǔjǔ zhuǎnhuànqì",
          "sense": "device",
          "word": "扭矩转换器"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device",
          "word": "momentinmuunnin"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device",
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          "word": "convertisseur de couple"
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        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device",
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            "masculine"
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          "word": "Drehmomentwandler"
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          "ref": "1959 December, “Diesel multiple-units on the St. Pancras-Bedford service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 588:",
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        "A device that converts the rotational output of a prime mover into work by driving a rotational load. A torque converter functions as a clutch and reduction gear to allow loose coupling between the driver and the driven, letting the drive (such as a motor or engine) rotate at different speeds from the load (such as a wheel)."
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        "(mechanical engineering) A device that converts the rotational output of a prime mover into work by driving a rotational load. A torque converter functions as a clutch and reduction gear to allow loose coupling between the driver and the driven, letting the drive (such as a motor or engine) rotate at different speeds from the load (such as a wheel)."
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "device",
      "word": "扭矩轉換器"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "niǔjǔ zhuǎnhuànqì",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "扭矩转换器"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "momentinmuunnin"
    },
    {
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      "sense": "device",
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      "word": "convertisseur de couple"
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      "word": "Drehmomentwandler"
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