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ROUE PRINCIPALE [2 records]

Record 1 1998-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gears and Friction Wheels
DEF

a bull wheel having gear teeth.

DEF

The large, circular gear in a mud pump that is driven by the prime mover and drives the connecting rods.

OBS

bull wheel: the main driving wheel or gear of a machine usu. the largest and strongest wheel in the train of mechanism, in some machines (as a shaper) transmitting the power received by the machine to the various mechanisms, in others (as a tractor) delivering to the driving wheels the power transmitted to it from the motor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engrenages et roues de friction

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
OBS

main wheel: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

roue principale : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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