Handwheel

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A general term for one of many kinds of wheels or disks used in machinery as a convenient form of circular crank: as, the hand-wheel of a car-brake.
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  • noun. Any wheel worked by hand; esp., one the rim of which serves as the handle by which a valve, car brake, or other part is adjusted.
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  • noun. Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve or a handbrake, or to allow fine adjustment, as of a setscrew.
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  • noun. control consisting of a wheel whose rim serves as the handle by which a part is operated
  • noun. a wheel worked by hand
    • Word Usage
    "With the handwheel, raise the take-up lever to its highest position."
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