flywheel

English

Etymology

fly + wheel

Noun

Wikipedia flywheel (plural flywheels)

1. 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

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 飛輪 (cmn), 飞轮 (cmn) (fēilún)

• Czech: setrvačník (cs) m
• Finnish: vauhtipyörä (fi)
• French: volant (fr) m, volant d'inertie (fr)
• German: Schwungrad (de) n

• Ido: flugroto (io)
• Japanese: フライホイール (ja) (furaihoīru), 弾み車 (ja) (はずみぐるま, hazumiguruma), 勢車 (ja) (はずみぐるま, hazumiguruma)
• Macedonian: замаец (mk) (zámaec) m
• Russian: маховик (ru) (maxovík) m 

See also

• angular momentum