flexplate

English

Alternative forms

  • flex plate

Etymology

flex + plate

Noun

flexplate (plural flexplates)

  1. A disk that connects the output from an engine to the input of a torque converter in a vehicle equipped with an automatic transmission, taking the place of the flywheel found in a conventional manual transmission setup.
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