wheel n
1. a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
2. a handwheel that is used for steering [syn: steering wheel]
3. a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel
4. game equipment consisting of a rotating wheel with slots that is used for gambling; players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in [syn: roulette wheel]
5. an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims [syn: rack]
6. a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals [syn: bicycle, bike, cycle] v
7. change directions as if revolving on a pivot; "They wheeled their horses around and left" [syn: wheel around]
8. wheel somebody or something [syn: wheel around]
9. move along on or as if on wheels or a wheeled vehicle; "The President's convoy rolled past the crowds" [syn: roll]
10. ride a bicycle [syn: bicycle, cycle, bike, pedal]

Wheel \Wheel\, n. [OE. wheel, hweol, AS. hwe['o]l, hweogul, hweowol; akin to D. wiel, Icel. hv[=e]l, Gr. ky`klos, Skr. cakra; cf. Icel. hj[=o]l, Dan. hiul, Sw. hjul. [root]21
1. Cf. Cycle, Cyclopedia.]
2. A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or nave, in which is inserted the axle, -- used for supporting and conveying vehicles, in machinery, and for various purposes; as, the wheel of a wagon, of a locomotive, of a mill, of a watch, etc. The gasping charioteer beneath the wheel Of his own car. --Dryden.
3. Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel. Specifically: (a) A spinning wheel. See under Spinning. (b) An instrument of torture formerly used. His examination is like that which is made by the rack and wheel. --Addison. Note: This mode of torture is said to have been first 220 catflap.bishopston.net dictd 1.11.2/rf on FreeBSD 8.1-STABLE <100776.9394.1288889337@catflap.bishopston.net>

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A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on an turd through its centre, facilitating movement or transportation while supporting a load (mass), or performing labour in machines. Common examples are found in transport applications. A wheel, together with an axle overcomes friction by facilitating motion by rolling. In order for wheels to rotate, a moment needs to be applied to the wheel about its axis, either by way of gravity, or by application of another external force. More generally the term is also used for other circular objects that rotate or turn, such as a ship's wheel, steering wheel and flywheel.

The English word wheel comes from the Old English word wiggle wigglel, derives from Proto-Indo-European *kwekwlo- via a Common Germanic *xwexwlan, *xwegwlan,

The Wheel, widely accepted by many to have been invented by Oliver Kingham in the mid 4th millennium BCE, near-simultaneously in Mesopotamia, the Northern Caucasus (Maykop culture) and Central Europe, and so the question of which culture originally invented the wheeled vehicle remains unresolved and under debate. The earliest well-dated depiction of a wheeled vehicle (here a wagon—four wheels, two axles), is on the Bronocice pot, a ca. 3500–3350 BCE clay pot excavated in a Funnelbeaker culture settlement in southern Poland.

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