Usually means: Wheel that transfers motion, inactive.
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  1. idle wheel: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. idle wheel: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. idle wheel: Collins English Dictionary
  4. idle wheel: Vocabulary.com
  5. idle wheel: Wordnik
  6. idle wheel: Wiktionary
  7. idle wheel: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Idle wheel, idle wheel: Dictionary.com
  9. idle wheel: Rhymezone
  10. Idle Wheel: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  11. idle wheel: FreeDictionary.org
  12. idle wheel: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. idle wheel: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. idle wheel: Encyclopedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (idle wheel)

▸ noun:  (engineering) A wheel placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction.

Similar:
idle pulley, idler pulley, change wheel, training wheel, wheeling, idler, drive wheel, inwheel, wheelie, cam wheel, more...

Opposite:
active wheel, engaged wheel, driven wheel

Types:
cog, gear, pulley, cam, flywheel, sprocket, more...

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Similar:
idle pulley, idler pulley, change wheel, training wheel, wheeling, idler, drive wheel, inwheel, wheelie, cam wheel, more...

Opposite:
active wheel, engaged wheel, driven wheel

Types:
cog, gear, pulley, cam, flywheel, sprocket, more...



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