Flywheel
Flywheel noun - Regulator consisting of a heavy wheel that stores kinetic energy and smooths the operation of a reciprocating engine.
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Mechanism
Mechanism noun - Device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function.
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Flywheel and mechanism are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Flywheel" instead a noun "Mechanism".
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- Part of this is due to its firing mechanism, a flywheel-based friction launcher, sometimes not actually having the power to pull the dart out all the way before the cylinder advances with the next trigger pull.
Source: Reliably Unreliable Guns
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