Meanings
nounPoncelet wheel (plural Poncelet wheels)
plural Poncelet wheels
- historicalA kind of undershot water wheel.
Origin
Invented by Jean-Victor Poncelet.
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Poncelet wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Poncelet%20wheel
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