driving wheel
Americannoun
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Machinery. a main wheel that communicates motion to others.
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Also called driver. Railroads. one of the wheels of a locomotive that transmits the power of an engine or motor into tractive effort.
noun
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a wheel, esp a gear wheel, that causes other wheels to rotate
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any wheel of a vehicle that transforms torque into a tractive force
Etymology
Origin of driving wheel
First recorded in 1830–40
Example Sentences
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Anyone who knows me will tell you that I’m so clumsy, I should be nowhere near the driving wheel of a vehicle or the on-button of a power tool.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2019
As this happens, throw your weight to the high side of the machine to keep the driving wheel in good contact with the bottom of the bog.
From Time Magazine Archive
Within g is a spring to act as a cushion to the slide, and thus prevent saw breakage should a chip pass between the saw and its driving wheel.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
The overhead countershaft carries the grooved driving wheel a.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
This is really the driving wheel by which it slowly moves up the steep gradient.
From From the Thames to the Tiber or, My visit to Paris, Rome, Florence, Venice, Milan, Switzerland, etc. by Wardle, J.
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