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fluid drive
noun
- a power coupling for permitting a smooth start in any gear, consisting of two vaned rotors in a sealed casing filled with oil, such that one rotor, driven by the engine, moves the oil to drive the other rotor, which in turn drives the transmission.
fluid drive
noun
- a type of coupling for transmitting power from the engine of a motor vehicle to the transmission, using a torque converter Also calledfluid couplingfluid clutchfluid flywheel
Word History and Origins
Origin of fluid drive1
Example Sentences
Then there was my father’s 1949 Dodge with white-wall tires and “fluid drive” that was the talk of the neighborhood.
They may not have the lively journalistic bounce of an Alvin Toffler or the fluid drive of a Vance Packard, but Social Standing's scholarship adds some fascinating discriminations.
The Ukrainians, moreover, displayed a talent for close-order drill that should turn the Radio City Rockettes green, plus body control that enabled them to shift speeds with the smoothness of a car accelerating in fluid drive.
Chrysler was the first to introduce four-wheel hydraulic brakes, the all-steel body, fluid drive and dozens of other mechanical advances.
Nature's drive is always fluid drive, Collis reminds the reader: at least 80% of every living cell consists of water.
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