Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A general term for one of many kinds of wheels or disks used in machinery as a convenient form of circular crank: as, the hand-wheel of a car-brake.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Mach.) Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun mechanics Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve or a handbrake, or to allow fine adjustment, as of a
setscrew .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated
- noun a wheel worked by hand
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Examples
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With your right hand, turn the balance wheel, or handwheel, one complete turn.
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With the handwheel, raise the take-up lever to its highest position.
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Sweep forward two full turns of the handwheel and then one turn back.
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He closed the hatch behind them, whirling the handwheel.
Proud Helios Melissa Scott 2000
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Gröschl stepped on the rocker plate which controlled the power traverse and at the same time adjusted the elevation handwheel.
Panzer Aces Kurowski, Franz 1992
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The device is operated by a pushrod (5) which is either connected to a handwheel (6) - requiring a thread on the pushrod and a nut in the handwheel
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Directly above his head and within reach was a circular manhole, counterweighted and operated by a handwheel set in its center.
The Past Through Tomorrow Heinlein, Robert A. 1967
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They'd alternate at the hydraulic aiming system and the handwheel which recharged the batteries that drove it.
Ensign Flandry Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1966
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"I guess so, " he mumbled, and turned the handwheel to undog the outer door.
Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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"I guess so," he mumbled, and turned the handwheel to undog the outer door.
Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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