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Geneva_wheel
Geneva wheel
English
Noun

A Geneva wheel. Continuous rotation of the green drive wheel produces intermittent rotary motion of the red driven wheel.
Geneva wheel (plural Geneva wheels)
- A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion.
Translations
mechanism that translates a continuous rotation
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Synonyms
- (mechanism): Geneva drive, Maltese cross