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, 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)
• 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 n

• Russian: маховик (ru) m (maxovík)

See also

• angular momentum