harmonic balancer

noun

A device connected to the crankshaft of an engine to reduce torsional vibration and to serve as a pulley for drive belts.

Meanings

nounharmonic balancer (plural harmonic balancers)

plural harmonic balancers

  1. A device connected to the crankshaft of an engine to reduce torsional vibration and to serve as a pulley for drive belts.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 諧波平衡器 /谐波平衡器
  • 諧波平衡器 /谐波平衡器 (xiébō pínghéngqì)device
Finnish värinänvaimennin
  • värinänvaimennindevice
German Drehschwingungsdämpfer, Torsionsdämpfer
  • Drehschwingungsdämpferdevice
  • Torsionsdämpferdevice
Spanish polea de cigüeñal, polea amortiguador
  • polea de cigüeñaldevice
  • polea amortiguadordevice
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Chicago

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