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reaction wheels

reaction wheels is the plural of reaction wheel.

Meaning of reaction wheel

Noun

reaction wheel (plural reaction wheels)

  1. A type of flywheel used by spacecraft to adjust their attitude without using fuel for rockets.

Questions about reaction wheels

What is reaction wheels the plural of?
Reaction wheels is the plural of reaction wheel.

Words near reaction wheels in the dictionary

  1. reaction turbine
  2. reaction turbines
  3. reaction vessel
  4. reaction vessels
  5. reaction wheel
  6. reaction wheels
  7. reaction wood
  8. reactional
  9. reactionally
  10. reactionaries
  11. reactionarily

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