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fluid flywheels

fluid flywheels is the plural of fluid flywheel.

Meaning of fluid flywheel

Noun

fluid flywheel (plural fluid flywheels)

  1. A type of coupling for transmitting power from the engine of a vehicle to the transmission, using a torque converter.
    • The advantage of the fluid flywheel method of transmitting the power, of course, is that it does away with the weight, bulk, and complication of electric generators and motors, and to some extent reduces the cost of the locomotive also.1958 April, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 268
    Synonyms:
    fluid coupling, fluid clutch, fluid drive, hydraulic coupling

Questions about fluid flywheels

What is fluid flywheels the plural of?
Fluid flywheels is the plural of fluid flywheel.

Words near fluid flywheels in the dictionary

  1. fluid drachms
  2. fluid dynamics
  3. fluid feeder
  4. fluid feeders
  5. fluid flywheel
  6. fluid flywheels
  7. fluid intelligence
  8. fluid loading
  9. fluid measure
  10. fluid measures
  11. fluid mechanics

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