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Definition: Idle Wheel |
Idle WheelNoun1. A pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide or tighten it. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Literature | Idle Wheel The middle of three wheels, which simply conveys the motion of one outside wheel to the other outside wheel. Suppose A, B, C to be three wheels, B being the idle or gear wheel. B simply conveys the motion of A to C, or of C to A. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. A wheel interposed in a gear train, either to reverse rotation or to obtain the required spacing of centers, without affecting the ratio of the drive. Also called idler b. A pulley to guide a driving belt, to increase its tension, or to increase its arc of contact on one of the working pulley. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: Idle WheelSynonyms: idle pulley (n), idler pulley (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Idle Wheel |
| Specialty definitions using "idle wheel": AUTOMOBILE-SERVICE-STATION MECHANIC. (references) |
| Language | Translations for "idle wheel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | idleay eelwhay.(various references) | |
Romanian | roatã de rezervã. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-h-i-l-l-w" | |
-2 letters: wheedle, wheeled, wheelie. | |
-3 letters: heeled, heiled, helled, hilled, welled, wellie, whiled, willed. | |
-4 letters: dwell, edile, elide, hewed, wedel, wheel, while, wield, wiled. | |
-5 letters: deil, dele, deli, dell, diel, dill, eide, elhi, heed, heel, heil, held, hell, hide, hied, hill, idle, lewd, lied, lwei, weed, weel, weld, well, whee, whid, wide, wild, wile, will. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 64 6C 65 57 68 65 65 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01100100 01101100 01100101 00100000 01010111 01101000 01100101 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I d l e   W h e e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 0064 006C 0065 0057 0068 0065 0065 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4370787125774717178 |
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