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freewheel noun

  • a device in a transmission that disengages the driveshaft from the driven shaft when the driven shaft rotates faster than the driveshaft.
 Freilauf

freewheeling adjective

  /ˈfɹiˌ(h)wilɪŋ/ , /ˈfɹiːˌ(h)wiːlɪŋ/ , /ˌfɹiːˈ(h)wiːlɪŋ/
  • Unbounded by rules or conventions; unrestrained.
 Freilauf-, frei und ungebunden, freilaufend, sorglos, unbekümmert
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