driving wheel
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.
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How to use driving wheel in a sentence
You see, the one holding on with his teeth, gripping the driving wheel.
The Gonzo Artist: Behind Ralph Steadman’s Most Famous Work | Alex Suskind | April 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe movable hour circle and driving wheel of the Crossley reflector has two sets of graduations.
Photographs of Nebul and Clusters | James Edward KeelerThis is really the driving wheel by which it slowly moves up the steep gradient.
From the Thames to the Tiber | J. WardleAdhesion is secured by throwing a proper proportion of the weight upon the driving-wheel, W.
A History of the Growth of the Steam-Engine | Robert H. ThurstonOne of the best known uses four little beveled pinions, which are placed in the main driving wheel as shown in the cut.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. Stephenson
In the machinery of domestic life there is no more need for the driving wheel than for the brakes.
The Wedding Ring | T. De Witt Talmage
British Dictionary definitions for driving wheel
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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