squirrel cage
Endless repetitive cycle
A squirrel cage is a cylindrical rotating cage that allows a small animal to run continuously without going anywhere—the archetypal hamster wheel.
The term extends to any situation of futile, repetitive effort: I feel like I'm running in a squirrel cage at this job.
In electrical engineering, a squirrel-cage motor uses a rotor design resembling the cage.
Spinning mechanical assembly
- statorImmobile motor component
- inductionFormal admission process
- windingCurving repeatedly, sinuous
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
bars · laminations · torque · asynchronous · slip · conductors · iron core · electromagnetism
Admirer or air mover
- blowerWind-producing device
- HVACIndoor climate management
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- exhaustUse up entirely
cooling · duct · circulation · centrifugal · impeller · housing · industrial · ventilator
Tiresome lack of change
- hamster wheelRotating cylinder for caged pets
- rat raceExhausting competitive work routine
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
- drudgeryHard, boring work
routine · grind · repetition · futility · running in place · going nowhere · trapped · burnout
Interwoven metal strands
- petDomesticated household companion
- exercise wheelSpinning disk for captive animals
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
- rodentGnawing mammal order
spinning · wheel · captive · running · cylindrical · bars · containment · nesting
Separated opposite charges
- radiatorHeat transfer device
- RFWireless transmission spectrum
- ham radioLicensed hobbyist broadcasting
- shortwaveHigh-frequency radio band
broadcast · transmission · reception · directional · elements · conductor · mast · amateur radio
rotor
Spinning mechanical assembly
copper · bars · laminations · torque · asynchronous · slip · conductors · iron core · electromagnetism · polyphase
fan
Admirer or air mover
exhaust · cooling · duct · circulation · centrifugal · impeller · housing · industrial · ventilator · forced air
monotony
Tiresome lack of change
- hamster wheelRotating cylinder for caged pets
- rat raceExhausting competitive work routine
- endlessWithout termination or boundary
drudgery · routine · grind · repetition · futility · running in place · going nowhere · trapped · burnout · cycle
wire mesh
Interwoven metal strands
- petDomesticated household companion
- exercise wheelSpinning disk for captive animals
- habitatOrganism's natural environment
rodent · spinning · wheel · captive · running · cylindrical · bars · containment · nesting · bedding
dipole
Separated opposite charges
shortwave · broadcast · transmission · reception · directional · elements · conductor · mast · amateur radio · tuning
- cagesbirdcage, aviary, rabbit hutch, dog crate
- electrical powerthree-phase, polyphase, AC, alternating current, power transmission
- electric motorsmotor, electric motors, motors, rotor, alternator
- motor partsarmature, rotor, stator, commutator, brushes
- fansfan, sports fan, superfan, superfans, die-hard fan
squirrel cagelinear motion
Displacement along a line
straight line · progressive movement · direct path · conveyor belt · piston
squirrel cagebreakthrough
Sudden important advance
advancement · achievement · escape · liberation · ladder
squirrel cageopen range
Unfenced public grazing land
freedom · liberation · open road · wilderness · open field
squirrel, cage, squirrels, squirreled, squirreling, squirrelly, caged, cages, caging