Geneva wheel

English

Etymology

See Geneva mechanism.

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.

Synonyms

(mechanism): Geneva drive, Maltese cross

Translations

mechanism that translates a continuous rotation

Chinese:
Mandarin: 槽轮, 槽轮 (cáolún), 槽轮机构, 槽轮机构 (cáolún jīgòu)
Finnish: maltan risti

Georgian: მალტური მექანიზმი (malṭuri mekanizmi), მალტური ჯვარი (malṭuri ǯvari)
Russian: мальти́йский механи́зм m (malʹtíjskij mexanízm)
Swedish: malteserkors (sv) n

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