driveshaft

See also: drive shaft

English

Etymology

From drive +‎ shaft.

Noun

driveshaft (plural driveshafts)

A shaft used to transmit rotary motion.
- The driveshaft of an automobile transfers power from the engine to the wheels.
- A windmill transmits motion to the ground level via a vertical driveshaft, which operates a water pump.

Synonyms

Cardan shaft
propeller shaft

Translations

a shaft used to transmit rotary motion

Arabic: عَمُود الدَّوَرَان‎ m (ʿamūd ad-dawarān)
Finnish: vetoakseli (fi)
French: arbre (fr) m
German: Antriebswelle f, Kardanwelle f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: drivaksel m

Nynorsk: drivaksel m, drivaksling m

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: вра̀тило

Roman: vràtilo (sh)

See also

driveshaft on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
driveshaft on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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