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

• Bulgarian: маховик m ‎(mahovik)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: setrvačník m
• Dutch: vliegwiel n
• Finnish: vauhtipyörä, tasauspyörä
• French: volant (fr) m, volant d'inertie (fr)
• German: Schwungrad n
• Ido: flugroto (io)
• Italian: volano (it) m

• Japanese: フライホイール ‎(furaihoīru), 弾み車 ‎(はずみぐるま, hazumiguruma), 勢車 ‎(はずみぐるま, hazumiguruma)
• Macedonian: замаец m ‎(zámaec)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: svinghjul (no) n

  Nynorsk: svinghjul n

• Portuguese: volante (pt) m
• Russian: махови́к (ru) m ‎(maxovík)
• Tagalog: iikot

See also

• angular momentum