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Wheel can refer to:

• Wheel, the circular object that, together with an axle, rolls to allow low friction in motion
• Breaking wheel, a medieval execution device
• Dharmacakra, in Hinduism and the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment. It is also sometimes translated as wheel of doctrine or wheel of law.
• English Wheel, a metalworking tool used to form sheet metal
• Ferris wheel
• Hamster wheel, an exercise toy used by pet rodents
• Steering wheel
• Water wheel, a wheel for converting the energy of flowing or falling water
• Wheel clamp, a device designed to restrict the use of a wheel
• Wheel house, position from where a ship is steered
• Wheel of Fortune (US game show), a television game show
• Wheel (Unix term), In computing, a user group with a system setting that provides additional special system privileges that empower a user to execute restricted commands that ordinary user accounts cannot access.
• In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the following classes of celestial beings:
  • Thrones
  • Ophanim
• The Wheel, a 1993 Rosanne Cash album
• The Wheel, a common nickname for the Ace to Five straight in poker games.

Mathematics

• Wheel graph, a mathematical concept
• Wheel theory, an algebraic theory where division is always defined

See also

• Wheeling, disambiguation

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