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Meaning of "idle wheel" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF IDLE WHEEL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF IDLE WHEEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
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preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Idle wheel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES IDLE WHEEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of idle wheel in the English dictionary

The definition of idle wheel in the dictionary is a gearwheel interposed between two others to transmit torque without changing the direction of rotation to the velocity ratio Also called: idler.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE IDLE WHEEL

idiot tape
idiot-proof
idiotic
idiotically
idioticalness
idiotism
idiots savants
idle
idle pulley
idle time
idleness
idler
idler pulley
idler shaft
idling
idly
IDN
Ido
idocrase
idol

WORDS THAT END LIKE IDLE WHEEL

at the wheel
cartwheel
chain wheel
cogwheel
driving wheel
Ferris wheel
fifth wheel
flywheel
freewheel
heel
medicine wheel
paddle wheel
pinwheel
ratchet wheel
rear wheel
spare wheel
steering wheel
the wheel
thumbwheel
wheel
wire wheel

Synonyms and antonyms of idle wheel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «idle wheel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF IDLE WHEEL

Find out the translation of idle wheel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of idle wheel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «idle wheel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

惰轮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rueda loca
570 millions of speakers

English

idle wheel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेकार पहिया
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عجلة الخمول
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

простоя колеса
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

roda livre
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নিষ্ক্রিয় চাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

roue libre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Roda terbiar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Laufrad
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

遊動輪
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

유휴 휠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Roda montor
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bánh xe nhàn rỗi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சும்மா சக்கரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निष्क्रिय चाक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Boş tekerlek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ruota folle
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koło bezczynny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

простою колеса
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roată inactiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ελεύθερο τροχό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

idle wiel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tomgångshjul
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

idle hjulet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of idle wheel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «IDLE WHEEL»

The term «idle wheel» is used very little and occupies the 180.008 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «IDLE WHEEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about idle wheel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IDLE WHEEL»

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Innovation in Maxwell's Electromagnetic Theory: Molecular ...
The most glaring of the problems that bedeviled Maxwell in Part II of "Physical Lines" - as reflected especially in the April installment - was the artificiality of the idle-wheel hypothesis, considered as a physical hypothesis. Considered as an ...
Daniel M. Siegel, 2003
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The Full Will of God: Logos 7, Volume 2, of Writing God's ...
5.1.12) IDLE WHEELS AND IDOLATRY Never be an idle wheel. An idle wheel can convey motion and power from one part to another, but it does not change the speed or add power to active motion. An idle wheel is dead weight that drains  ...
R. Crafton Gibbs, 2013
3
Creating Scientific Concepts
Daniel Siegel (1991), in his detailed historical analysis of the vortex–idle wheel model, has made a convincing argument that Maxwell could not immediately work out the case for open currents because in Model 2 a discontinuity would occur ...
Nancy Nersessian
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The Full Will of God
IDLE WHEELS AND IDOLOTRY Never be an idle wheel. An idle wheel can convey motion and power from one part to another, but it does not change the speed or direction of active motion. An idle wheel is dead weight that drains power from ...
Rodger C. Gibbs, 2002
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Pursuing Power and Light: Technology and Physics from James ...
Maxwell sometimes referred to his idle wheel particles as “electricity,” but it is important to recognize that he did not regard them as carrying charge or being at all like Coulomb's and Weber's particles of electric fluid; Maxwell's idle wheels were ...
Bruce J. Hunt, 2010
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Principles of mechanism
The more usual method therefore is, to screw a pair of wheels of the proper numbers to the end of the axes, without regard' to their radii, and afterwards to connect them by an idle wheel. Art. 322. Thus let a and b, fig. 313, be the axes upon ...
Robert Willis, 1870
7
Principles of mechanism: designed for the use of students in ...
regard to their radii, and afterwards to connect them by an idle-wheel. Art. 223. Thus let a and 6, fig. 239, be the axes upon which a pair of change-wheels A and B have been fitted. C is the idle-wheel which may revolve upon a pin or stud fitted  ...
Robert Willis, 1841
8
The Holistic Inspirations of Physics: The Underground ...
In Maxwell's second great paper, "On Physical Lines of Force," Maxwell introduces his "idle wheel" hypothesis as part of an elaborate mechanical model. Maxwell treats "molecular vortices" as rotating quasi-circular entities illustrated as  ...
Val Dusek, 1999
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Academic Press Dictionary of Science and Technology
Also, idle wheel. idle time Computer Technology, a time period in which a computer is switched on and available, but is not actually being used. Industrial Engineering, a time during which a worker is on the job but not actually working. idling ...
Christopher G. Morris, 1992
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Danish Yearbook of Philosophy 32
idle-wheel particles would thus be needed to maintain the configuration of the magnetic lines of force about a current. The causal relationship between a steady current and magnetic lines offorce is captured in the following way. When an ...

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «IDLE WHEEL»

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TODAY'S DEALS: Newly Built TOD Asset Trades in California
Built in 1961, Idle Wheel is located in a residential area with convenient access to shopping and dining options. Project amenities include a ... «Multi-Housing News, May 15»
2
Cat 924K, 930K, and 938K Loader Update
... performance on uphill and downhill grades, and the TC mode also modulates, or softens, shifts to neutral and reduces low-idle wheel torque. Ice Mode adjusts ... «ForConstructionPros.com, Oct 14»
3
Fiona Apple turns Willy Wonka's “Pure Imagination” into a nightmare …
Thom Yorke's a no-go at Chipotle, but Fiona Apple's fair game. The Idle Wheel… singer has followed Karen O and Willie Nelson's footsteps by ... «Consequence of Sound, Sep 13»
4
Review: Young love is a wispy business in 'Moonrise Kingdom'
This is all well and good, but feels like idle wheel-spinning after the earlier, unfinished suggestion of starker, sadder, uncharted intimacy. «HitFix, May 12»
5
On Wisconsin: Hyde Store filled with stories
The first $299,000 gets the wooden mill house, its idle wheel, eight acres of land and a hydroelectric plant that generates up to $300 worth of ... «Madison.com, Nov 11»

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