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• flexible shaft — ▪ mechanics       in practical mechanics, a number of superimposed, tightly wound, helical coil springs wrapped around a centre wire, or mandrel. Because of its construction, the shaft can be bent, without fracture, to a much smaller radius than… …   Universalium

• speedometer — /spee dom i teuhr, spi /, n. an instrument on an automobile or other vehicle for indicating the rate of travel in miles or kilometers per hour. [1900 05; SPEED + O + METER] * * * ▪ vehicle instrument  instrument that indicates the speed of a… …   Universalium

• speedometer — [spi däm′ət ər] n. [< SPEED + METER] a device, often combined with an odometer, attached to a motor vehicle, etc. to indicate speed, as in miles per hour: it is usually connected to the transmission by a flexible drive shaft …   English World dictionary

• Speedometer — [ thumb|300px| An animation of an Aston Martin speedometer, showing how an eddy current speedometer indicates the vehicle s speed.] A speedometer is a device that measures the instantaneous speed of a land vehicle. Now universally fitted to motor …   Wikipedia

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