flywheel

IPA: fɫˈaɪwiɫ

(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.

Examples of "flywheel" in Sentences

Attached to the flywheel is a pitman rod which raises and lowers a churn dasher.
The flywheel, which is 4 m. in diameter, serves at the same time as a driving pulley.
Torotrak is a UK-based company that's developing a technology called a flywheel hybrid.
Kinetic Traction Systems Inc. is a provider of so-called flywheel power for rail systems.
A flywheel is a mechanical device with a significant moment of inertia used as a storage device for rotational energy.
A CVT-controlled flywheel is particularly suited to stop-start driving situations when real-world fuel economy is often at its worst.
Now, it's expected that all vehicles will make a good bit less power at the wheels than at the engine's flywheel, which is how they are rated from the factory.
Near the flywheel was the maker badge, a repeat of the design on the glass cover, but here the stars were inlaid with small diamond-cut rubies, and the lightning bolts were coated with alternating layers of gold and silver.