counterwheel

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verb

To turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.

OriginEnglish wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol →
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Meanings

verbcounterwheel (third-person singular simple present counterwheels, present participle counterwheeling, simple past and past participle counterwheeled)

present singular third person counterwheels · participle present counterwheeling · participle past counterwheeled · past counterwheeled

  1. governmentTo turn, or cause to turn, in an opposite direction.
nouncounterwheel (plural counterwheels)

plural counterwheels

  1. engineeringA contrate wheel.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Italic*kom
  4. Proto-Italic*kom-
  5. Proto-Italic*komteros
  6. Proto-Italic*komterād
  7. Latincontrā
  8. Old Frenchcontre-
  9. Anglo-Normancountre-
  10. Middle Englishcounter-
  11. Englishcounter-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  13. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  14. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  15. Old Englishhwēol
  16. Middle Englishwhel
  17. Englishwheel
  18. Englishcounterwheel

From counter- + wheel.

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APA

counterwheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterwheel

MLA

“counterwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterwheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “counterwheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/counterwheel.

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