The key components are an electric motor driving a rack and pinion at each wheel, accelerometers and a computerized control system.
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Pinion
//ˈpɪnjən//
Synonyms for "pinion" (89 found)
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22 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- пиньон noun (gear in a gear drive train)
- връзвам verb (bind the arms of someone)
- подрязвам verb (cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings)
Catalan
1 entries- pinyó noun (gear in a gear drive train)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- باڵبەست noun (gear in a gear drive train)
Czech
1 entries- pastorek noun (gear in a gear drive train)
Finnish
4 entries- hammasvaihde noun (gear in a gear drive train)
- pinjoni noun (gear in a gear drive train)
- kahlita kädet verb (bind the arms of someone)
- leikata siivenkärjet verb (cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings)
German
2 entries- Ritzel noun (gear in a gear drive train)
- fesseln verb (bind the arms of someone)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- spisshjul noun (gear in a gear drive train)
- tanndrev noun (gear in a gear drive train)
- tannhjulsdrev noun (gear in a gear drive train)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- فنار noun (gear in a gear drive train)
Russian
3 entries- шестерня́ noun (gear in a gear drive train)
- подрезать крылья verb (cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings)
- свя́зывать руки verb (bind the arms of someone)
Spanish
1 entries- piñón noun (gear in a gear drive train)
Swedish
1 entries- pinjong noun (gear in a gear drive train)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Therefore do nimble Pinion'd Doues draw Loue, And therefore hath the wind-ſwift Cupid wings:
Source: wiktionary
See o'er the Alps his tow'ring Pinions ſoar, Where never Engliſh Poet reach'd before.
Source: wiktionary
Press on! for it is godlike to unloose The spirit, and forget yourself in thought; Bending a pinion for the deeper sky, And, in the very fetters of your flesh, Mating with the pure essences of heaven!
Source: wiktionary
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