direct drive

English

Noun

direct drive (plural direct drives)

  1. (engineering, often attributive) A mechanism where the force or torque from a prime mover is transmitted directly to the effector device (such as the drive wheels of a vehicle) without any intermediate couplings such as a gear train or a belt.
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