headwheel

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noun

A rotating component in a videotape system, bearing the magnetic heads used to record and reproduce signals.

OriginEnglish wheel ← Middle English whel ← Old English hwēol →
Scrabble 19
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Meanings

nounheadwheel (plural headwheels)

plural headwheels

  1. A rotating component in a videotape system, bearing the magnetic heads used to record and reproduce signals.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kap-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kap-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*káput
  4. Proto-Germanic*haubudą
  5. Old Englishhēafod
  6. Middle Englishheed
  7. Englishhead
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  10. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  11. Old Englishhwēol
  12. Middle Englishwhel
  13. Englishwheel
  14. Englishheadwheel

From head + wheel.

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APA

headwheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwheel

MLA

“headwheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwheel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “headwheel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/headwheel.

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