English Dictionary

Definition of “flywheel”

flywheel (ˈflaɪˌwiːl )

a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine by maintaining a constant speed of rotation over the whole cycle

A flywheel that keeps an engine turning relies on its momentum to keep going.

New Scientist (1999)

He was looking at a water-pump with a heavy flywheel , apparently water-powered by gravity-feed.

Hilton, John Buxton Passion in the Peak

Our strategy is much like building a flywheel and the value comes as we gather momentum.

Times, Sunday Times (2002)

The attacking natives hit him and bounced off like drops of water from a whirling flywheel.

Asimov, Isaac The Complete Stories Volume 2

The flywheel was obedient to the boiler pressures being stoked -- and so it must be with the living machinery.

Brian Thompson DEVASTATING EDEN: The Search for Utopia in America (2004)

With four valves a cylinder, electronic throttle, a lighter flywheel and stiffer driveshaft, the car is more responsive to driver input.

The Mercury, Sunday Tasmanian (2005)

`Habit is the great flywheel that moves the world," said the philosopher William James.

Times, Sunday Times (2004)

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