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Definition: FLY WHEEL

Part of Speech Definition
Expression 1. (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Definition: FLY WHEEL

Part of SpeechDefinition
Expression1. (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Common Expressions: FLY WHEEL

ExpressionsDefinition
Fly wheel(Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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