wheel
circular item that rotates about an axial bearing; one of the six simple machines
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Summary
wheel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,546 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- wheel is a type of simple machine[2].
- wheel is part of wheeled vehicle[3].
- wheel is part of wheel and axle[4].
- wheel's Commons category is recorded as Wheels[5].
- wheel's Unicode character is recorded as 🛞[6].
- wheel's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Wheels[7].
- wheel's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8].
- wheel's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9].
- wheel's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
- wheel's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
- wheel's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12].
- wheel's described by source is recorded as The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[13].
- wheel's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[14].
- wheel's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[15].
- wheel's shape is recorded as circle[16].
- wheel's different from is recorded as runner[17].
- wheel's connects with is recorded as wheel hub assembly[18].
- wheel's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[19].
- wheel's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:List of articles all languages should have[20].
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Definition and Type
wheel is a type of simple machine[2].
Use and Application
Part of include wheeled vehicle[3] and wheel and axle[4].
Why It Matters
wheel ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,546 views/month).[1] wheel has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] wheel is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]