Meanings
nounscroll wheel (plural scroll wheels)
plural scroll wheels
- computingA hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, used for scrolling.
Synonyms: mouse wheel
- engineeringA cog wheel in the form of a scroll.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, used for scrolling.
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Translations
Chinese Mandarin 滾輪 /滚轮
- 滾輪 /滚轮 (gǔnlún)disc used for scrolling
Czech skrolovací kolečko
- skrolovací kolečkodisc used for scrolling
French molette
- molettedisc used for scrolling
German Scrollrad
- Scrollraddisc used for scrolling
Japanese スクロールホイール
- スクロールホイール (sukurōru hoīru)disc used for scrolling
Korean 스크롤 휠
- 스크롤 휠 (seukeurol hwil)disc used for scrolling
Polish rolka
- rolkadisc used for scrolling
Vietnamese con lăn chuột, cuộn chuột
- con lăn chuộtdisc used for scrolling
- cuộn chuộtdisc used for scrolling
- cuộn con chuộtdisc used for scrolling
- bánh xe cuộndisc used for scrolling
- bánh xe con chuộtdisc used for scrolling
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APA
scroll wheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scroll%20wheel
MLA
“scroll wheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scroll%20wheel. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “scroll wheel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/scroll%20wheel.
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