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handwheel

The English word “handwheel” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve or a handbrake, or to allow fine adjustment, as of a set screw.

Etymology

From hand + wheel.

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