# flywheel (mechanical)

A heavy wheel that stores energy and resists changes in motion.

- Computed level: L22 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: physics, engineering

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [matter](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-matter.substance), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [energy](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-energy.capacity), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity)

**Through:** 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

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-flywheel.mechanical.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*