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wheel
wheel Through the many millennia of the Paleolithic period and the Neolithic period no use of the wheel was known to humans. Its use was not known to the Native Americans until the Europeans introduced it. In the Old World it came into use in the Bronze Age, when oxen and horses were first used as ... Read more
water wheel
water wheel device for utilizing the power of flowing or falling water. The Norse wheel is the oldest type known. Despite its name it probably originated in the Middle East, where the swift stream required by this type of wheel is common. The Norse wheel has a vertical shaft directly connected at t... Read more
ratchet and pawl
ratchet and pawl mechanical device that permits motion in one direction only. The ratchet is usually a wheel with slanting teeth. The pawl is a lever tangential to the wheel with one end resting on the teeth. When the wheel rotates one way, the pawl slides over the teeth; when the wheel rotates the... Read more
differential
differential in the automobile, a set of gears used on the driving (usually rear) axle. The two wheels on the driving axle must be interconnected in order to receive their energy from the same source, the driving shaft; at the same time they must be free to revolve at different speeds when necessar... Read more
grinding
grinding process by which surface material is removed from an object, usually metal, by the abrasive action of a rotating wheel or a moving belt that contains abrasive grains. A grinding wheel can be made by mixing a bonding material, usually clay, with abrasive grains of such substances as silicon... Read more
suspension
suspension in automobiles, system of springs used to suspend the frame, body, engine, and power train above the wheels. Its principal purpose is to lessen the jarring of the automobile that is caused by irregularities in the roads traveled. Since the wheels of an automobile accelerate, stop, and st... Read more
bicycle
bicycle light, two-wheeled vehicle driven by pedals. The name velocipede is often given to early forms of the bicycle and to its predecessor, the dandy horse, a two-wheeled vehicle moved by the thrust of the rider's feet upon the ground. Probably the first practical dandy horse was the draisine, ... Read more
roller skating
roller skating gliding on a hard, smooth, durable surface on skates with rollers or wheels, in recent years has become a popular adult sport. Skates mounted on wooden rollers date from the 1860s, and soon wooden wheels replaced the rollers. The ball-bearing skate wheel was invented in the 1880s. Th... Read more
ball-and-socket joint
ball-and-socket joint in engineering, mechanical connection used between parts that must be allowed some relative angular motion in nearly all directions. As the name implies, the joint consists essentially of a spherical knob at the end of a shaft, with the knob fitting securely into a mating sock... Read more
flywheel
flywheel heavy metal wheel attached to a drive shaft, having most of its weight concentrated at the circumference. Such a wheel resists changes in speed and helps steady the rotation of the shaft where a power source such as a piston engine exerts an uneven torque on the shaft or where the load is ... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "wheel"

water wheel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition water wheel device for utilizing the power of flowing or falling water. The Norse wheel is the oldest type known. Despite its name it...where the swift stream required by this type of wheel is common. The Norse wheel has a vertical shaft...
wheel and axle
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition wheel and axle simple machine consisting of a wheel mounted rigidly upon an axle or drum of smaller diameter, the wheel and the axle having the same axis. It is fundamentally a form of lever , the center common to both the wheel and the axle corresponding...
paddle-wheel boat
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea paddle-wheel boat, like the pedalo off holiday beaches today, a vessel using a man-powered paddle wheel for propulsion. In China, where they appeared...each side, and was fitted with a stern wheel as well. Paddle-wheel warships were even...
Ferris wheel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Ferris wheel amusement park ride. It consists of a power-operated wheel that is about 50 ft (15 m) in diameter. It has two...parallel to and equidistant from the shaft about which the wheel rotates. Between the rims there are a number of seats...
wheel
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition wheel Through the many millennia of the Paleolithic...period and the Neolithic period no use of the wheel was known to humans. Its use was not known...were introduced c.2700 BC The potter's wheel was invented in the Bronze Age, earlier...
Medicine Wheel of the Big Horn Mountains
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of the Unusual and Unexplained Medicine Wheel of the Big Horn Mountains A bove the timberline...northern Wyoming exists a massive Medicine Wheel whose pattern of stones etches an imperfect...meters in diameter establishes the hub of the wheel. Twenty-eight "spokes" angle out from...
bob and wheel
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature bob and wheel, a metrical pattern used, for example...one stress and the following ‘wheel’ is a quatrain of short lines...x2019;, leading into the ‘wheel’ of the quatrain.
wheel bug
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition wheel bug see assassin bug .
wheel window
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition wheel window see rose window .
Kelsey-Hayes
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...was established in 1927 through the merger of Kelsey Wheel and Hayes Wheel. Both companies were founded in 1909, and both had made early advances in the wooden wheel industry. Kelsey and Hayes had important connections...

Dictionary entries related to "wheel"

wheel
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English wheel / (h)wēl / • n...of a machine. ∎  ( the wheel ) used in reference to the cycle of a specified...set of events: the final release from the wheel of life. ∎  ( the wheel...
Ferris Wheel
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History FERRIS WHEEL FERRIS WHEEL. A noted feature of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago in 1893 was a huge upright steel wheel three hundred feet tall and thirty feet wide, with thirty-six passenger...
Asleep at the Wheel
Dictionary entry from: Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Popular Musicians Since 1990 ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL formed: 1970, paw paw, west virginia members: ray benson...me up nights," "roly poly" Known to fans simply as "The Wheel," Asleep at the Wheel is one of country music's most durable bands, having survived...
paddle wheel
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English pad·dle wheel • n. a large steam-driven wheel with boards around its circumference, situated at the stern or side of a ship so as to propel the ship through the water by its rotation. paddle wheel
Catherine-wheel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Catherine-wheel. Circular Gothic mari-gold - or wheel-window , resembling a wheel, the radiating colonnettes suggesting spokes. See rose .
Ferris wheel
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English Fer·ris wheel / ˈferis / • n. an amusement-park or fairground ride consisting of a giant vertical revolving wheel with passenger cars suspended on its outer edge. Ferris wheel
potter's wheel
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English pot·ter's wheel • n. a horizontal revolving disk on which wet clay is shaped into pots or other round ceramic objects. potter's wheel
Wheel of Life
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Wheel of Life (symbol of the cycle of rebirth): see TIBETAN WHEEL OF LIFE .
water-wheel
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture water-wheel. Wheel driven by water, either falling from above, or passing underneath.
steering wheel
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English steer·ing wheel • n. a wheel that a driver rotates in order to steer a vehicle.

Thesaurus entries related to "wheel"

wheel
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English wheel • noun   synonyms : disk, hoop, circle, ring; Tech. annulus. phrase: at the wheel   1. he was at the wheel when the accident happened synonyms : driving, steering, in the...
turn
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...turn • verb   1. the wheel is turning synonyms : go around/round, rotate, revolve, circle, roll, spin, wheel, whirl, twirl, gyrate, swivel, pivot...her synonyms : change position, veer, wheel around/round, swing around/round...
whirl
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English whirl • noun   1. give the wheel a whirl | the whirls of the dancers synonyms : turn, spin, rotation, revolution, wheel, twirl, swirl, gyration, reel, pirouette, pivot.   2. the social whirl synonyms : activity...
rotation
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English rotation • noun   1. the rotation of the wheel synonyms : revolving, spinning, whirling, gyration. See rotate 1.   2. one rotation of the wheel synonyms : turn, revolution, spin, whirl, orbit.   3...
helm
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...x2022; noun  he took the helm synonyms : tiller, wheel; steering gear, rudder. phrase: at the helm  Judith...in command, in control, responsible, in authority, at the wheel, in the driver's seat, in the saddle, holding the reins...
spin
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...xA0; 2. she spun around to face him synonyms : whirl, wheel, twirl, turn, swing, twist, swivel, pirouette, pivot...fabricate, make up. • noun   1. a spin of the wheel synonyms : rotation, revolution, turn, whirl, twirl, gyration...
round
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...annular, circular, globular, spherical What do a bicycle wheel, a basketball, and a barrel of oil have in common? All are...perfect sphere (globular drops of oil leaking from the seam). A wheel is circular , as is a Frisbee; in fact, anything with a round...
shoulder
Book article from: The Oxford American Writers Thesaurus ...spurn, ostracize, cut out; informal freeze out. put one's shoulder to the wheel  it's time to stop talking and start putting your shoulder to the wheel synonyms : get (down) to work, apply oneself, set to work, buckle down...
somebody
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...somebody on the local council synonyms : VIP, person of note, notable figure, notable, public figure, dignitary, celebrity, name, luminary, personage, household name; inf. bigwig, big noise, big shot, big wheel, big cheese.
revolution
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Thesaurus of Current English ...metamorphosis, upheaval, upset, transformation, innovation, reformation, cataclysm.   3. a revolution of the wheel synonyms : rotation, single turn, whirl, round, spin.   4. revolution of the planets around the sun synonyms...

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Wheel Bolts, Studs and Nuts
Magazine article from: American Fastener Journal; 5/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Wheel equipment is a major item in any maintenance program. The universal problem with wheel nuts and bolts is that they are treated as...vehicle. Never minimize their importance. A wheel stud or bolt must be able to support a variety...
Custom wheel demand increases.
Magazine article from: Tire Business; 2/16/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...become a reality already for most serious wheel retailers, several studies conclude. In...assembly lines with some sort of styled wheel, according to automotive industry data and the major OE wheel suppliers. The figures for imported vehicles...
WHEEL TAX UNLIKELY NOW IN OREGON BUT IT MAY BE ADOPTED IN FUTURE.(METRO)
Newspaper article from: The Capital Times (Madison, WI); 8/28/2003; 700+ words ; ...Milam Capitol News Service OREGON -- A wheel tax may be in the village of Oregon's...put together the 2004 budget without a wheel tax." The village Finance Committee...instruct the administration to look into a wheel tax and report to the full board. The...
Curing wheel end confusion: not all wheel ends are created equal, but do your technicians know that?(HEAVY DUTY)(Technology Training Program)(unitized wheel )
Magazine article from: Fleet Maintenance; 6/1/2005; ; 700+ words ; Is there confusion in your maintenance shop about wheel ends? Do your technicians know a pre-set wheel end from a manual-adjust wheel end from a unitized wheel end? More to the point, do they know how and when...
'Wheel of Fortune' Wheelmobile Added to Fan Fair Schedule.
PR Newswire; 5/9/2002; 700+ words ; NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The "Wheel of Fortune" Wheelmobile will make a stop...residents will have a chance to audition for "Wheel of Fortune's Country Music Week," where...very excited to host our friends from 'Wheel of Fortune' at Fan Fair this year and...
WHEEL JUST HAVE TO WAIT; Delay blow to 'eye' plans.
Newspaper article from: Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England); 4/21/2009; 700+ words ; ...Society' after it was revealed that the big wheel destined for Centre Square will not arrive...hoped that the 40m high London Eye-style wheel would be in place by this Thursday in time...Middlesbrough Council chiefs have been told by the wheel's operator that one is not currently...
4-wheel steering - here now for all-out performance.
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 2/1/1986; ; 700+ words ; 4-WHEEL STEERING -- here now for all-out performance...mph. Then I abruptly jerked the steering wheel to the left. The vehicle's rear end fishtailed...straightaway at 75 mph and again turned the wheel hard. This time the car remained perfectly...
Four-wheel steering.
Magazine article from: Popular Science; 2/1/1987; ; 700+ words ; Four-wheel steering Japanese auto makers scrambling tobe the first to put active four-wheel steering [PS cover story, Feb. '86] into...Honda and Mazda say theirtests indicate four-wheel steering improves performance in slalom courses...
The Western Europe Aluminium Wheel Market is Set to Grow Considerably in the Future.
M2 Presswire; 1/9/2007; 700+ words ; ...Markets: The Western Europe Aluminium Wheel Market is Set to Grow Considerably in the...addition of The Western Europe Aluminium Wheel Demand Forecast Report 2nd Edition to their...The renewed competition from the steel wheel industry will not threaten the future dominance...
Wheel shelling and spalling research. (Association of American Railroads Vehicle Track Systems Newsletter)
Magazine article from: Railway Age; 12/1/1989; 700+ words ; Wheel shelling and spalling research The shelling or spalling of wheel tread is a matter of concern to railroads because of...structure and car components that may be imparted by the wheel/rail dynamic loads due to resulting irregular wheel...