"flywheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-flywheel.wav Forms: flywheels [plural]
Etymology: From fly + wheel. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fly|wheel}} fly + wheel Head templates: {{en-noun}} flywheel (plural flywheels)
  1. (mechanical engineering) 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, or as a form of energy storage. Categories (topical): Mechanical engineering Hypernyms: wheel Hyponyms: reaction wheel Related terms: angular momentum Translations (rotating mass): حَدَّافَة (ḥaddāfa) [feminine] (Arabic), թափանիվ (tʻapʻaniv) (Armenian), nazimçarx (Azerbaijani), махаві́к (maxavík) [masculine] (Belarusian), ма́хавае ко́ла (máxavaje kóla) [neuter] (Belarusian), махови́к (mahovík) [masculine] (Bulgarian), volant d'inèrcia [masculine] (Catalan), 飛輪 (Chinese Mandarin), 飞轮 (fēilún) (Chinese Mandarin), setrvačník [masculine] (Czech), svinghjul [neuter] (Danish), vliegwiel [neuter] (Dutch), hooratas (Estonian), vauhtipyörä (Finnish), tasauspyörä (Finnish), vastuspyörä (Finnish), volant [masculine] (French), volant d’inertie (French), volante de inercia [masculine] (Galician), მქნევარა (mknevara) (Georgian), Schwungrad [neuter] (German), βολάν (volán) [neuter] (Greek), गतिपालक चक्र (gatipālak cakra) [masculine] (Hindi), lendkerék (Hungarian), svinghjól [neuter] (Icelandic), flugroto (Ido), roda gila (Indonesian), volano [masculine] (Italian), フライホイール (furaihoīru) (Japanese), 弾み車 (hazumiguruma) (alt: はずみぐるま) (Japanese), 勢車 (alt: せいしゃ, seisha, はずみぐるま, hazumiguruma) (Japanese), маховик (maxovik) (Kazakh), 플라이휠 (peullaihwil) (Korean), маховик (mahovik) (Kyrgyz), spararats [masculine] (Latvian), smagratis [masculine] (Lithuanian), замаец (zamaec) [masculine] (Macedonian), svinghjul [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), svinghjul [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), چرخ لنگر (čarx-e langar) (Persian), koło zamachowe [neuter] (Polish), koło rozpędowe [neuter] (Polish), volante [masculine] (Portuguese), volant [masculine] (Romanian), махови́к (maxovík) [masculine] (Russian), махово́е колесо́ (maxovóje kolesó) [neuter] (Russian), за́машња̄к [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zámašnjāk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zotrvačník [masculine] (Slovak), vztrajnik [masculine] (Slovene), volante [masculine] (Spanish), volante inercial [masculine] (Spanish), svänghjul [neuter] (Swedish), iikot (Tagalog), ล้อตุนกำลัง (lɔ́ɔ-dtun-gam-lang) (Thai), volan (Turkish), махови́к (maxovýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ма́хове ко́лесо (máxove kóleso) [neuter] (Ukrainian), maxovik (Uzbek), bánh đà (Vietnamese)
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          "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "թափանիվ"
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      "roman": "maxavík",
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      "word": "махаві́к"
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      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "máxavaje kóla",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ма́хавае ко́ла"
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      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "volant d'inèrcia"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "飛輪"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēilún",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "飞轮"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "setrvačník"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "svinghjul"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "vliegwiel"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "hooratas"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "vauhtipyörä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "tasauspyörä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "vastuspyörä"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "volant"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "volant d’inertie"
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "volante de inercia"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mknevara",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "მქნევარა"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Schwungrad"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "volán",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "βολάν"
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      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "gatipālak cakra",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "गतिपालक चक्र"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "lendkerék"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "svinghjól"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "flugroto"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "roda gila"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "volano"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "フライホイール"
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      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "弾み車"
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "勢車"
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      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "maxovik",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "маховик"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "peullaihwil",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "플라이휠"
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      "code": "ky",
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      "roman": "mahovik",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "маховик"
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      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "spararats"
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      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "smagratis"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zamaec",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "замаец"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "svinghjul"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "svinghjul"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čarx-e langar",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "چرخ لنگر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "koło zamachowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "koło rozpędowe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "volante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "volant"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "maxovík",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "махови́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "maxovóje kolesó",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "махово́е колесо́"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́машња̄к"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zámašnjāk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zotrvačník"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vztrajnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "volante"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "volante inercial"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svänghjul"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "iikot"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "lɔ́ɔ-dtun-gam-lang",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "ล้อตุนกำลัง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "volan"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "maxovýk",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "махови́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "máxove kóleso",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ма́хове ко́лесо"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "maxovik"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "rotating mass",
      "word": "bánh đà"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flywheel"
}

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