driving wheel

noun

Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others.

Also called driver. Railroads. one of the wheels of a locomotive that transmits the power of an engine or motor into tractive effort.

Origin of driving wheel

First recorded in 1830–40

Words nearby driving wheel

driving iron, driving licence, driving range, driving sail, driving time, driving wheel, drizzle, drizzle cake, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Strange Case of, DRM

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Example sentences from the Web for driving wheel

They are cast-iron construction and are driven by an eccentric on the driving-wheel axle (fig. 27).
Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240|Anonymous
And let us never forget that the Uganda Railway is the driving-wheel of the whole concern.
My African Journey|Winston Churchill
It is almost the movement of a machine whose works are only set going when the driving-wheel begins to revolve.
The Mason-bees|J. Henri Fabre
They are cast-iron construction and are driven by an eccentric on the driving-wheel axle (fig. 27).
The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851|John H. White

Machinery connects it with the driving-wheel by means of a rotary shaft, and the wind-wheel becomes an additional help.
The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897|Various

British Dictionary definitions for driving wheel

driving wheel

noun

a wheel, esp a gear wheel, that causes other wheels to rotate

any wheel of a vehicle that transforms torque into a tractive force

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单词	driving wheel
释义	driving wheel noun Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others. Also called driver. Railroads. one of the wheels of a locomotive that transmits the power of an engine or motor into tractive effort. Origin of driving wheel First recorded in 1830–40 Words nearby driving wheel driving iron, driving licence, driving range, driving sail, driving time, driving wheel, drizzle, drizzle cake, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, The Strange Case of, DRM Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for driving wheel They are cast-iron construction and are driven by an eccentric on the driving-wheel axle (fig. 27). Smithsonian Institution - United States National Museum - Bulletin 240\|Anonymous And let us never forget that the Uganda Railway is the driving-wheel of the whole concern. My African Journey\|Winston Churchill It is almost the movement of a machine whose works are only set going when the driving-wheel begins to revolve. The Mason-bees\|J. Henri Fabre They are cast-iron construction and are driven by an eccentric on the driving-wheel axle (fig. 27). The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851\|John H. White Machinery connects it with the driving-wheel by means of a rotary shaft, and the wind-wheel becomes an additional help. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 42, August 26, 1897\|Various British Dictionary definitions for driving wheel driving wheel noun a wheel, esp a gear wheel, that causes other wheels to rotate any wheel of a vehicle that transforms torque into a tractive force Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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