Found 2 hits - Term: water wheel, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
water wheel \wa"ter wheel`\
1. any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes,
that is made to rotate by the direct action of water; --
called an overshot wheel when the water is applied at
the top, an undershot wheel when at the bottom, a
breast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms
are called reaction wheel, vortex wheel, turbine
wheel, etc.
1913 webster
2. the paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
1913 webster
3. a wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.
1913 webster
see also:
overshot wheel undershot wheel breast wheel reaction wheel vortex wheel turbine wheel
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
water wheel
n 1: a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from
a stream or pond syn: waterwheel
2: a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple
turbine syn: waterwheel
see also:
waterwheel
Results 1 - 10 of 15 found about water wheel: Ferris Wheel
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First Water, definition of term: First Water
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Gear Wheel, definition of term: Gear Wheel
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Fly Wheel, definition of term: Fly Wheel
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