driveshaft

See also: drive shaft

English

Etymology

From drive +‎ shaft.

Noun

driveshaft (plural driveshafts)

1. A shaft used to transmit rotary motion.
   • The driveshaft of an automobile transfers power from the engine to the wheels.
   • A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump.

Synonyms

• cardan shaft
• propeller shaft

Translations

a shaft used to transmit rotary motion

• Arabic: عَمُود الدَّوَرَان m (ʕamūd ad-dawarān)
• Danish: drivaksel c
• Finnish: vetoakseli (fi)
• French: arbre (fr) m
• German: Antriebswelle f, Kardanwelle f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: drivaksel m

  Nynorsk: drivaksel m, drivaksling m

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• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вра̀тило

  Roman: vràtilo (sh)

See also

• driveshaft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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