Flywheel
noun
A large heavy wheel that rotates in machines to make their motion smooth and steady.
The heavy flywheel of the old steam engine kept it running smoothly.
Often appears as...
- machine flywheel
- enginge flywheel
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Technical
noun
A system or thing that stores rotational energy.
The flywheel in your car keeps the engine's RPMs steady when you're not pressing on the gas pedal.
Often appears as...
- car flywheel
- energy flywheel
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A large heavy wheel that rotates in machines to make their motion smooth and steady.
The heavy flywheel of the old steam engine kept it running smoothly.
Often appears as...
- machine flywheel
- enginge flywheel
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A system or thing that stores rotational energy.
The flywheel in your car keeps the engine's RPMs steady when you're not pressing on the gas pedal.
Often appears as...
- car flywheel
- energy flywheel
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Steady Motion
Flywheels help achieve a uniform speed in machines, reducing jerkiness in their operation.
To prevent any hiccups in production, the factory machines are fitted with flywheels.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
The term 'flywheel' is often associated with large industrial or antique machinery rather than modern domestic devices.
Touring the old mill, we saw the massive flywheel connected to the waterwheel.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
Flywheels were crucial in early industrial machines, such as steam engines, and can indicate historical technology in your conversations.
Museum exhibits often feature the flywheel to demonstrate the workings of early mechanical engines.
Pro Tip 1/3Steady Motion
Flywheels help achieve a uniform speed in machines, reducing jerkiness in their operation.
To prevent any hiccups in production, the factory machines are fitted with flywheels.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
The term 'flywheel' is often associated with large industrial or antique machinery rather than modern domestic devices.
Touring the old mill, we saw the massive flywheel connected to the waterwheel.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
Flywheels were crucial in early industrial machines, such as steam engines, and can indicate historical technology in your conversations.
Museum exhibits often feature the flywheel to demonstrate the workings of early mechanical engines.
Pro Tip 1/3Steady Motion
Flywheels help achieve a uniform speed in machines, reducing jerkiness in their operation.
To prevent any hiccups in production, the factory machines are fitted with flywheels.
Pro Tip 2/3Industrial Use
The term 'flywheel' is often associated with large industrial or antique machinery rather than modern domestic devices.
Touring the old mill, we saw the massive flywheel connected to the waterwheel.
Pro Tip 3/3Historical Significance
Flywheels were crucial in early industrial machines, such as steam engines, and can indicate historical technology in your conversations.
Museum exhibits often feature the flywheel to demonstrate the workings of early mechanical engines.
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Farming for the Planet PIPE...
that flywheel of essentially alchemizing death back into life to build soil that really is ground zero i guess right it's everything right you know without that there is no new life after death death is intentionally transferred back into a living thing
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Peter van Uhm: Why I...
tips the balance even further. Abstaining from violence becomes more profitable than starting a war. Now nonviolence starts to work like a flywheel. It enhances peace even further.
Video examples
Farming for the Planet PIPE...
that flywheel of essentially alchemizing death back into life to build soil that really is ground zero i guess right it's everything right you know without that there is no new life after death death is intentionally transferred back into a living thing
Video examples
Peter van Uhm: Why I...
tips the balance even further. Abstaining from violence becomes more profitable than starting a war. Now nonviolence starts to work like a flywheel. It enhances peace even further.
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Douglas Conant
American Businessman
Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.
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Steve Easterbrook
British Businessman
As you get little pockets of success, then suddenly the light bulbs go on in everyone's head, and more leaders get more confident and make more, bigger decisions, and customers respond well, and it becomes a bit of a flywheel.
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Annie Dillard
American Author
Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair.
Quote examples
Douglas Conant
American Businessman
Trust gives you the permission to give people direction, get everyone aligned, and give them the energy to go get the job done. Trust enables you to execute with excellence and produce extraordinary results. As you execute with excellence and deliver on your commitments, trust becomes easier to inspire, creating a flywheel of performance.
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Steve Easterbrook
British Businessman
As you get little pockets of success, then suddenly the light bulbs go on in everyone's head, and more leaders get more confident and make more, bigger decisions, and customers respond well, and it becomes a bit of a flywheel.
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Annie Dillard
American Author
Your work is to keep cranking the flywheel that turns the gears that spin the belt in the engine of belief that keeps you and your desk in midair.
Example 1 of 3
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