{
  "id": "flywheel.mechanical",
  "term": "flywheel",
  "sense": "mechanical",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 22,
  "domain": "physics, engineering",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A heavy wheel that stores energy and resists changes in motion.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "matter.substance",
      "motion.movement",
      "energy.capacity",
      "pattern.regularity"
    ],
    "interaction": "Matter in motion resists change in speed due to stored energy, repeating its movement regularly.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "resistance to change in motion",
      "energy storage through repetition"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "inertia.resistance",
      "type": "abstracts",
      "note": "flywheel embodies mechanical inertia"
    },
    {
      "id": "wheel.tool",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "a flywheel is a specialized type of wheel"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "flywheel",
    "flywheels"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-flywheel.mechanical"
}