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  • Thumbnail for Wheel
    A wheel is a rotating component (typically circular in shape) that is intended to turn on an axle bearing. The wheel is one of the key components of the...
    44 KB (4,936 words) - 04:50, 1 May 2024
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    A Ferris wheel (also called a Giant Wheel or an observation wheel) is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying...
    126 KB (9,803 words) - 20:15, 20 April 2024
  • water wheel is a machine for converting the energy of flowing or falling water into useful forms of power, often in a watermill. A water wheel consists...
    78 KB (9,424 words) - 09:37, 29 April 2024
  • publication of The Eye of the World in 1990, The Wheel of Time came to span 14 volumes, in addition to a prequel novel and three companion books. Jordan...
    111 KB (10,036 words) - 18:33, 22 March 2024
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    The wheel size for a motor vehicle or similar wheel has a number of parameters. The millimetre is most commonly used to specify dimensions in modern production...
    17 KB (2,411 words) - 21:35, 17 March 2024
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    The breaking wheel, also known as the execution wheel, the Wheel of Catherine or the (Saint) Catherine('s) Wheel, was a torture method used for public...
    31 KB (3,681 words) - 13:50, 5 April 2024
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    In pottery, a potter's wheel is a machine used in the shaping (known as throwing) of clay into round ceramic ware. The wheel may also be used during the...
    15 KB (1,798 words) - 18:38, 8 May 2024
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    Dharmachakra (redirect from Dharma wheel)
    The dharmachakra (Pali: dhammacakka, Devanagari: धर्मचक्र) or wheel of dharma is a widespread symbol used in Buddhism. The symbol also finds usage in...
    30 KB (3,054 words) - 14:42, 26 April 2024
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    Steering (redirect from All wheel steering)
    vehicle's tire with the wheel moving from right to left. A positive caster angle aids in directional stability, as the wheel tends to trail, but a large angle...
    44 KB (5,002 words) - 16:14, 14 May 2024
  • The Wheel of Time is an American high fantasy television series developed by Rafe Judkins for Amazon Prime Video. The series is based on the book series...
    110 KB (7,591 words) - 19:54, 13 May 2024
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    A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibres. It was fundamental to the cotton textile industry prior to the Industrial Revolution...
    41 KB (4,767 words) - 05:08, 6 April 2024
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    Wheellock (redirect from Wheel-lock)
    A wheellock, wheel-lock, or wheel lock is a friction-wheel mechanism which creates a spark that causes a firearm to fire. It was the next major development...
    16 KB (2,270 words) - 07:59, 3 February 2024
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    ancient philosophy the Wheel of Fortune, or Rota Fortunae, is a symbol of the capricious nature of Fate. The wheel belongs to the goddess Fortuna (Greek...
    17 KB (1,922 words) - 13:00, 1 April 2024
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    Bhavacakra (redirect from Wheel of Life)
    Pāli: bhavacakka; Tibetan: སྲིད་པའི་འཁོར་ལོ, Wylie: srid pa'i 'khor lo) or wheel of life is a visual teaching aid, symbolically representing saṃsāra (or...
    26 KB (3,187 words) - 02:44, 30 April 2024
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    related to Wheel of Death. BBC Norfolk feature Article about "The Amazing Garcia" performing the wheel with the Jose Cole circus Performers on the Wheel of...
    2 KB (265 words) - 09:53, 16 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wheel of Fortune (American game show)
    Wheel of Fortune (often known simply as Wheel) is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin. The show has aired continuously since January...
    104 KB (11,869 words) - 05:31, 12 May 2024
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    perpendicular to one axis of the satellite (the axis parallel to the wheel's spin axis) do not result directly in spacecraft angular motion about the same...
    18 KB (1,956 words) - 00:25, 9 April 2024
  • "Wagon Wheel" is a song co-written by Bob Dylan and Ketch Secor of Old Crow Medicine Show. Dylan recorded the chorus in 1973; Secor added verses 25 years...
    44 KB (4,888 words) - 19:29, 30 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Open-wheel car
    An open-wheel car is a car with the wheels outside the car's main body, and usually having only one seat. Open-wheel cars contrast with street cars, sports...
    15 KB (1,967 words) - 06:10, 2 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Color wheel
    A color wheel or color circle is an abstract illustrative organization of color hues around a circle, which shows the relationships between primary colors...
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