Flywheel (disambiguation)
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A flywheel
is a rotating disk used as a storage device for kinetic energy.
The term also may refer to:
Flywheel
A flywheel is a rotating mechanical device that is used to store rotational energy. Flywheels have a significant moment of inertia, and thus resist changes in rotational speed. The amount of energy stored in a flywheel is proportional to the square of its rotational speed...
is a rotating disk used as a storage device for kinetic energy.
The term also may refer to:
- An energy storage device that includes a flywheel: flywheel energy storageFlywheel energy storageFlywheel energy storage works by accelerating a rotor to a very high speed and maintaining the energy in the system as rotational energy...
- FlywheelFlywheel (film)Flywheel is an American Christian drama film about a car salesman who intentionally overcharges his customers until reaching a turning point in his life where he decides to end his shady business practices and become a Christian. Alex Kendrick both directed the film and starred in the lead role,...
, a 2003 Christian drama film by Sherwood PicturesSherwood PicturesSherwood Pictures is an American Christian film production company in Albany, Georgia, United States. It is unusual among production companies in that it is a ministry of a local church, Sherwood Baptist Church. The company uses mostly volunteers in their productions... - Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel (1932–33) radio show with Groucho MarxGroucho MarxJulius Henry "Groucho" Marx was an American comedian and film star famed as a master of wit. His rapid-fire delivery of innuendo-laden patter earned him many admirers. He made 13 feature films with his siblings the Marx Brothers, of whom he was the third-born...
and Chico MarxChico MarxLeonard "Chico" Marx was an American comedian and film star as part of the Marx Brothers. His persona in the act was that of a dim-witted albeit crafty con artist, seemingly of rural Italian origin, who wore shabby clothes, and sported a curly-haired wig and Tyrolean hat.As the first-born of the...
- Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel (1990 radio series) (1990–92) a BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4BBC Radio 4 is a British domestic radio station, operated and owned by the BBC, that broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history. It replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. The station controller is currently Gwyneth Williams, and the...
adaptation of the 1932 series
- Flywheel, Shyster, and Flywheel (1990 radio series) (1990–92) a BBC Radio 4
- Flywheel (band), formerly known as Pound
- In the world of venture capitalVenture capitalVenture capital is financial capital provided to early-stage, high-potential, high risk, growth startup companies. The venture capital fund makes money by owning equity in the companies it invests in, which usually have a novel technology or business model in high technology industries, such as...
, the term "flywheel" is used to represent the recurrent, margin-generating heart of a business.