Meanings
nouncontrol wheel (plural control wheels)
plural control wheels
- aeronauticsSynonym of stick (“a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile”).
Synonyms: yoke, control column, stick
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of stick (“a wheel-like control mechanism with a handgrip on opposite sides, similar to the steering wheel of an automobile”).
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control wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20wheel
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“control wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20wheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “control wheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/control%20wheel.
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