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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A wheel propelled by falling or running water and used to power machinery.
- noun A wheel with buckets attached to its rim for raising water.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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, anundershot wheel when at the bottom, abreast wheel when at an intermediate point; other forms are calledreaction wheel ,vortex wheel ,turbine wheel , etc. - The paddle wheel of a steam vessel.
- A wheel for raising water; a noria, or the like.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A wheel,
propelled byrunning orfalling water, used topower machinery . - noun A wheel with
buckets used toraise water.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine
- noun a wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond
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