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Definition of dial wheel in English: dial wheelnoun ˈdʌɪəl ˌwiːl 1Watchmaking and Clockmaking. One of the gearwheels between the dial and the pillar-plate, which turn one or other of the hands. 2A wheel in a piece of apparatus that by its turning serves to indicate, count, measure, or control in some way.
Origin Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Smith. From dial + wheel. Definition of dial wheel in US English: dial wheelnounˈdʌɪəl ˌwiːl 1Watchmaking and Clockmaking. One of the gearwheels between the dial and the pillar-plate, which turn one or other of the hands. 2A wheel in a piece of apparatus that by its turning serves to indicate, count, measure, or control in some way.
Origin Late 17th century; earliest use found in John Smith. From dial + wheel. |