typewheel

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noun

A wheel in an early telegraph or typewriter that bears the physical characters on its periphery and is used to print them onto the page.

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

nountypewheel (plural typewheels)

plural typewheels

  1. A wheel in an early telegraph or typewriter that bears the physical characters on its periphery and is used to print them onto the page.

Origin

  1. Englishtype
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-redup.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*kʷekʷléh₂
  4. Proto-Germanic*hweulō
  5. Old Englishhwēol
  6. Middle Englishwhel
  7. Englishwheel
  8. Englishtypewheel

From type + wheel.

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APA

typewheel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typewheel

MLA

“typewheel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typewheel. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “typewheel,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/typewheel.

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