"drive wheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drive wheels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} drive wheel (plural drive wheels)
  1. A wheel that transmits power to other elements of a mechanism. Translations (a wheel that transmits force.): 驅動輪 (Chinese Mandarin), 驱动轮 (qūdònglún) (Chinese Mandarin), aandrijfwiel [neuter] (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-drive_wheel-en-noun-WFvnzLqP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

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