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typewheel

typewheel noun: a wheel in an early telegraph or typewriter that bears the physical characters on its periphery and is used to print them onto the page.

Noun

typewheel (plural typewheels)

  1. A wheel in an early telegraph or typewriter that bears the physical characters on its periphery and is used to print them onto the page.

Forms of typewheel

pluraltypewheels

Origin of typewheel

From type + wheel.

Questions about typewheel

What does typewheel mean?
Typewheel means a wheel in an early telegraph or typewriter that bears the physical characters on its periphery and is used to print them onto the page.
What part of speech is typewheel?
Typewheel is a noun.
What is the plural of typewheel?
The plural of typewheel is typewheels.

Words near typewheel in the dictionary

  1. typesters
  2. typestract
  3. typestracts
  4. typestyle
  5. typestyles
  6. typewheel
  7. typewheels
  8. typewrite
  9. typewriter
  10. typewriter apostrophe
  11. typewriter apostrophes

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