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"2": "drive",
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}
],
"etymology_text": "From drive + shaft.",
"forms": [
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"form": "driveshafts",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The driveshaft of an automobile transfers power from the engine to the wheels."
},
{
"text": "A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A shaft used to transmit rotary motion."
],
"id": "en-driveshaft-en-noun-rmso8Q8W",
"links": [
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],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "cardan shaft"
},
{
"word": "propeller shaft"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕamūd ad-dawarān",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَمُود الدَّوَرَان"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "drivaksel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"word": "vetoakseli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arbre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Antriebswelle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kardanwelle"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vratilo",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вратило"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drivaksel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drivaksel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drivaksling"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dreiwscheft"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eixo acionador"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eixo motor"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "вра̀тило"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "vràtilo"
}
]
}
],
"word": "driveshaft"
}
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"tags": [
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"examples": [
{
"text": "The driveshaft of an automobile transfers power from the engine to the wheels."
},
{
"text": "A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump."
}
],
"glosses": [
"A shaft used to transmit rotary motion."
],
"links": [
[
"rotary",
"rotary"
]
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
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"word": "cardan shaft"
},
{
"word": "propeller shaft"
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],
"translations": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ʕamūd ad-dawarān",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "عَمُود الدَّوَرَان"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "drivaksel"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"word": "vetoakseli"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "arbre"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Antriebswelle"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kardanwelle"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "vratilo",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "вратило"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drivaksel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drivaksel"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "drivaksling"
},
{
"code": "pdt",
"lang": "Plautdietsch",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dreiwscheft"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eixo acionador"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "eixo motor"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic"
],
"word": "вра̀тило"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a shaft used to transmit rotary motion",
"tags": [
"Roman"
],
"word": "vràtilo"
}
],
"word": "driveshaft"
}
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