Meaning of drive wheel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A wheel that transmits power to other elements of a mechanism.
2. One of the wheels of a motor vehicle that drives (in the engineering sense), that is, one of the wheels that takes power from the drivetrain and applies it to the ground so as to propel the vehicle.

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Examples

“Squeezing two handles together pressed a serrated drive wheel against the can rim. And rotating a T-handle turned a toothed drive wheel”

“A year later, in 1706, Hauksbee produced his Influence Machine. By cranking round a large drive wheel he was able to spin a glass globe inside which a vacuum had been produced.”

“You should have tire chains on your drive wheels in this weather.”

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