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whirling tables

whirling tables is the plural of whirling table.

Meaning of whirling table

Noun

whirling table (plural whirling tables)

  1. (dated, historical) An apparatus fitted with one or more revolving disks, with weights, pulleys, etc., for illustrating physical laws and phenomena, such as centrifugal force.
    • In this centrifugal balance, as in all apparatus of its type, the precise speed at which the whirling table is propelled is unimportant for the reasons already given. It is, however, necessary that the velocity should be steady, i.e., the whirling table should not be undergoing acceleration when...1906, Frederick William Lanchester, Aerodynamics, Chapter 10
  2. (dated, historical) A potter's wheel.

Questions about whirling tables

What is whirling tables the plural of?
Whirling tables is the plural of whirling table.

Words near whirling tables in the dictionary

  1. Whirling Dervish
  2. Whirling Dervishes
  3. whirling disease
  4. whirling pits
  5. whirling table
  6. whirling tables
  7. whirlingly
  8. whirlingness
  9. whirlings
  10. whirlmixer
  11. whirlmixers

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