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Water wheel   /wˈɔtər wil/   Listen
Water wheel

noun
1.
A wheel with buckets attached to its rim; raises water from a stream or pond.  Synonym: waterwheel.
2.
A wheel that rotates by direct action of water; a simple turbine.  Synonym: waterwheel.






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"Water wheel" Quotes from Famous Books



... confided to the ruined water wheel of the old Tarwater Mill, which he had built from the standing timber and which had ground wheat for the first settlers. "Huh! They'll never put me in the poor farm so long as I support myself. And without a penny to my name it ain't likely any lawyer ...
— The Red One • Jack London

... 17.2 square feet area. As half of these are in action at the same time, the total working area for the two cables is 5,860 square feet. This immense area furnishes a considerable amount of power even in a river of feeble current. Comparing this with a floating water wheel of the type sometimes employed, and supposing this to have only 172 square feet of working area, such a wheel must have a length of 46 feet, a diameter of 23 feet, and seventy-two floats, each 21/2 feet wide. The enormous dimensions thus required for a comparatively small working area point ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 455, September 20, 1884 • Various



Words linked to "Water wheel" :   waterwheel, millwheel, bucket, pail, mill wheel, water mill, noria, wheel



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