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reaction wheel
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reaction wheel [rē′ak·shən ‚wēl]
(mechanical engineering)
A device capable of storing angular momentum which may be used in a space ship to provide torque to effect or maintain a given orientation.
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The jumping hour and retrograding minutes are still commanded by the ingenious patented HL mechanism, which combines the slide-bar's translation, driven by retraction of the snail's feeler-spindle, with a gold inertia-block that acts as an inertia wheel providing the energy required to make the disc jump.
Hautlence unveils its HLQ collection by TradeArabia (Manama, Bahrain)
The jumping hour and retrograding minutes are still commanded by the ingenious patented HL mechanism, which combines the slide-bar's translation, driven by retraction of the snail's feeler-spindle, with a gold inertia-block that acts as an inertia wheel providing the energy required to make the disc jump.
The HAUTLENCE HLQ watch epitomises innovation, opulence and fierce ... by Albawaba.com
 
 
 
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