Leibniz wheel

noun

A cylinder with a set of teeth of incremental lengths which, when coupled to a counting wheel, can be used in the calculating engine of a class of mechanical calculators.

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Meanings

nounLeibniz wheel (plural Leibniz wheels)

plural Leibniz wheels

  1. A cylinder with a set of teeth of incremental lengths which, when coupled to a counting wheel, can be used in the calculating engine of a class of mechanical calculators.

Origin

Invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1673.

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Leibniz wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Leibniz%20wheel

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