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- DictionaryWheel/(h)wēl/
noun
- 1. a circular object that revolves on an axle and is fixed below a vehicle or other object to enable it to move easily over the ground: "a chair on wheels"
- 2. a machine or structure having a wheel as its essential part.
verb
- 1. push or pull (a vehicle with wheels): "the sled was wheeled out to the flight deck"
- 2. (of a bird or aircraft) fly in a wide circle or curve: "the birds wheeled and dived"
5 days ago · wheel, a circular frame of hard material that may be solid, partly solid, or spoked and that is capable of turning on an axle. A Sumerian (Erech) pictograph, dated about 3500 bc, shows a sledge equipped with wheels.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
3 days ago · A tire (British spelling: tyre) is a ring-shaped component that surrounds a wheel's rim to transfer a vehicle's load from the axle through the wheel to the ground and to provide traction on the surface over which the wheel travels.
5 days ago · Tire, a continuous band that encircles the rim of a wheel and forms a tread that rolls on either a road, a prepared track, or the ground. There are two main types of tires, those made of metal and those made of rubber.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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4 days ago · Wheel Diameter – This is the width of the opening in the tire where it would be mounted to a wheel. This is measured from one bead across the opening to the other side of the same bead. This measurement is in inches and an example would be 15 and indicates that this tire is for a 15 inch rim, or wheel.
4 days ago · This guide helps you understand the most commonly used terms related to wheels including wheel construction, wheel measurements, sizing, and spacing. Offset: The distance from the centerline of the wheel to the face of the mounting surface of the wheel that contacts the hub.
2 days ago · A car, or an automobile, is a motor vehicle with wheels. Most definitions of cars state that they run primarily on roads, seat one to eight people, have four wheels, and mainly transport people over cargo. [1][2] There are around one billion cars in use worldwide.
1 day ago · Also referred to as the wheel of existence (Bhavacakra), it is often mentioned in Buddhist texts with the term punarbhava (rebirth, re-becoming); the liberation from this cycle of existence, Nirvāṇa, is the foundation and the most important purpose of Buddhism.
