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phonic wheels

phonic wheels is the plural of phonic wheel.

Meaning of phonic wheel

Noun

phonic wheel (plural phonic wheels)

  1. (historical) A synchronous motor driven by a tuning fork that used an electromagnet to rotate the cogwheel of the motor by one tooth for each vibration.

Questions about phonic wheels

What is phonic wheels the plural of?
Phonic wheels is the plural of phonic wheel.

Words near phonic wheels in the dictionary

  1. phoniatrist
  2. phoniatrists
  3. phoniatry
  4. phonic
  5. phonic wheel
  6. phonic wheels
  7. phonically
  8. phonicate
  9. phonicated
  10. phonicates
  11. phonicating

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