freewheel

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
2. The mode or state of operation thus produced: Synonym of neutral.

Verb

1. To continue spinning after disengagement.
2. To ride a bicycle without pedalling, e.g. downhill.
3. To operate a motor vehicle which is coasting without power, e.g. downhill.
4. (broadly, figuratively) To operate free from constraints.

Conceptos

piñon libre

Sinónimos

drift

Traducciones

roue libre

Freilauf

τριγυρίζω

κυλίεται ελεύθερα

freewheelen

vrijloop

الحرية

vrijwiel

pinyo lliure

Etimología (Inglés)

From free + wheel.