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flywheel

[flahy-hweel, -weel] / ˈflaɪˌʰwil, -ˌwil /
NOUN
balance wheel
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Whilst these devices are designed for longer term space missions, the recent Artemis II mission around the moon took a specially developed exercise device called the flywheel.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

It shows that the whole company is built on a powerful flywheel: SpaceX rockets launch Starlink satellites, and those Starlink satellites are the reason SpaceX can launch more rockets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

When you reinvest that cash into technology and M&A, it’s a virtuous flywheel.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

“You get this flywheel of more data that’s being used, more data that’s being created, more data that’s being stored,” Kris Sennesael, Western Digital’s chief financial officer, told Barron’s earlier this year.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

Harry rigged a flywheel and generator to the waterwheel that powered his sawmill, ran electrical wire into the house, and dangled lightbulbs from the rafters.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown




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