Freewheel is an English word with synonyms like clutch or drift. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Freewheel meaning
- A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
- The mode or state of operation thus produced: Synonym of neutral.
Using Freewheel
- The main meaning on this page is: A device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft. | The mode or state of operation thus produced: Synonym of neutral.
- Useful related words include: clutch, drift, exist, survive.
Context around Freewheel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Freewheel
- In this selection, "freewheel" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, coasting stand out and add context to how "freewheel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include cassette or freewheel and shops like freewheel however are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "freewheel" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aage and aardvarks, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with freewheel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Without a freewheel, coasting is impossible, so when the rear wheel is moving, the cranks are moving. (17 words)
Community bike shops like Freewheel, however, are working to close this gap while connecting more people to the hobby. (19 words)
One would find several of his type, a flattish left-arm spinner who can freewheel with the bat, in the leagues of and its neighbourhood. (25 words)
A bicycle with shaft drive instead of a chain With a chain drive transmission, a chainring attached to a crank drives the chain, which in turn rotates the rear wheel via the rear sprocket(s) ( cassette or freewheel ). (38 words)
This was later classified as the Sturmey Archer Type X. BSA introduced a 'Duo' hub in the late 1930s which was capable of one fixed gear and one gear with a freewheel. (32 words)
One would find several of his type, a flattish left-arm spinner who can freewheel with the bat, in the leagues of and its neighbourhood. (25 words)
Example sentences (5)
One would find several of his type, a flattish left-arm spinner who can freewheel with the bat, in the leagues of and its neighbourhood.
Community bike shops like Freewheel, however, are working to close this gap while connecting more people to the hobby.
A bicycle with shaft drive instead of a chain With a chain drive transmission, a chainring attached to a crank drives the chain, which in turn rotates the rear wheel via the rear sprocket(s) ( cassette or freewheel ).
This was later classified as the Sturmey Archer Type X. BSA introduced a 'Duo' hub in the late 1930s which was capable of one fixed gear and one gear with a freewheel.
Without a freewheel, coasting is impossible, so when the rear wheel is moving, the cranks are moving.