Definitions
regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine
Word origin
From fly + wheel.
Used in a sentence
“They were fitted with flywheels 25 ft. in dia. and weighing 50 tons each. The energy stored in such flywheels is very great, and in this case was of the order of 7,000,000 lb./ft. each.”
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01“Engine momentum disk”8 letters
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