Wheel (disambiguation)
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A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on an axle.
Wheel may also refer to:
In machinery
- English wheel, a metalworking tool used to form sheet metal
- Ferris wheel
- Hamster wheel, an exercise toy used by pet rodents
- Water wheel, a wheel for converting the energy of flowing or falling water
- Steering wheel
- Rim (wheel), an automobile wheel
- Alloy wheel, a type of automobile wheel
- Train wheel
- Breaking wheel, a medieval execution device
Mathematics and other technology
- Wheel calculator, a circular slide rule type of device
- Wheel (Unix term), in computing, a user group that provides additional special system privileges
- Wheel graph, a mathematical concept
- Wheel theory, an algebraic theory where division is always defined
Geography
In religion
- Wheel of Law or Wheel of Dharma, a symbol that has represented dharma, the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment
- In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the following classes of celestial beings:
Film and television
- The Wheel (film), 1923 French film
- "The Wheel", wheel in Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
- "The Wheel" (Law & Order), a 2002 episode of Law & Order
- "The Wheel" (Mad Men), an episode of Mad Men
- The Wheel, play Theatre New Brunswick production history 1983
In music
- "The Wheel", the nickname of guitarist Radomir Mihailović
- Wheel (album), a 2013 album by Laura Stevenson
- The Wheel (Rosanne Cash album), a 1993 album by Rosanne Cash
- The Wheel, 2003 album by David Olney
Songs
- "The Wheel", a song by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars 1988
- "The Wheel", a song by Bert Jansch from Lucky Thirteen (Bert Jansch album) 1966
- "The Wheel", a song by Bill Black's Combo 1960
- "The Wheel", a song and single by Spear Of Destiny from Grapes of Wrath (album) 1983
- "The Wheel", a song and 1971 single by Jerry Garcia from The Very Best of Jerry Garcia
- "The Wheel", a song by Rosanne Cash from album of the same name 1993
- "The Wheel" (song), a song by PJ Harvey 2016
Other
- The Wheel, a short story by John Wyndham, published in the collection Jizzle
- Wheel, nickname for an Ace to Five straight poker hand
- The Wheel – Supporting Voluntary Activity in Ireland
- Wheel (detergent), a brand of laundry detergent
- Wheel (route), a pattern run by a receiver or running back in American football
See also
- Wheels (disambiguation)
- Wheeling (disambiguation)
- Wheelhouse (disambiguation)
- Wheal (disambiguation)
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