a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) | a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity |
a circular helm to control the rudder of a vessel | a weight that balances another weight |
an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine; especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat |
game equipment consisting of a wheel with slots that is used for gambling; the wheel rotates horizontally and players bet on which slot the roulette ball will stop in | harmonious arrangement or relation of parts or elements within a whole (as in a design) |
a handwheel that is used for steering | (mathematics) an attribute of a shape or relation; exact reflection of form on opposite sides of a dividing line or plane |
a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals | equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account |
forces that provide energy and direction | the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account |
| something left after other parts have been taken away |
| equality of distribution |
| a state of equilibrium |