Associations to the word «Flywheel»

Wiktionary

FLYWHEEL, noun. 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

Dictionary definition

FLYWHEEL, noun. Regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope