Meanings
nounmouse wheel (plural mouse wheels)
plural mouse wheels
- computingA hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display.
He was a mouse-wheel virtuoso, scrolling and zooming with ease.
Synonyms: scroll wheel
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, rotated by the user in order to scroll the display.
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Chinese Mandarin 滾輪 /滚轮
- 滾輪 /滚轮 (gǔnlún)disc used for scrolling
Czech skrolovací kolečko
- skrolovací kolečkodisc used for scrolling
Dutch muiswieltje, scrollwieltje
- muiswieltjedisc used for scrolling
- scrollwieltjedisc used for scrolling
Finnish hiiren rulla
- hiiren rulladisc used for scrolling
French molette de souris
- molette de sourisdisc used for scrolling
German Mausrad, Scrollrad
- Mausraddisc used for scrolling
- Scrollraddisc used for scrolling
Japanese マウスホイール
- マウスホイール (mausu hoīru)disc used for scrolling
Korean 마우스 휠
- 마우스 휠 (mauseu hwil)disc used for scrolling
Portuguese roda do mouse, roda do rato
- roda do mousedisc used for scrolling
- roda do ratodisc used for scrolling
Spanish rueda del ratón
- rueda del ratóndisc used for scrolling
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APA
mouse wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouse%20wheel
MLA
“mouse wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouse%20wheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mouse wheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mouse%20wheel.
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