Wheel (disambiguation)

A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on an axle.

Wheel may also refer to:

In machinery

• English wheel, a metalworking tool used to form sheet metal
• Ferris wheel
• Hamster wheel, an exercise toy used by pet rodents
• Water wheel, a wheel for converting the energy of flowing or falling water
• Steering wheel
• Rim (wheel), an automobile wheel
• Alloy wheel, a type of automobile wheel
• Train wheel
• Breaking wheel, a medieval execution device

Mathematics and other technology

• Wheel calculator, a circular slide rule type of device
• Wheel (Unix term), in computing, a user group that provides additional special system privileges
• Wheel graph, a mathematical concept
• Wheel theory, an algebraic theory where division is always defined

Geography

• Wheel, Kentucky
• Wheel, Tennessee

In religion

• Wheel of Law or Wheel of Dharma, a symbol that has represented dharma, the Buddha's teaching of the path to enlightenment
• In the Judeo-Christian tradition, the following classes of celestial beings:
  • Thrones
  • Ophanim

Film and television

• The Wheel (film), 1923 French film
• "The Wheel", wheel in Wheel of Fortune (U.S. game show)
• "The Wheel" (Law & Order), a 2002 episode of Law & Order
• "The Wheel" (Mad Men), an episode of Mad Men
• The Wheel, play Theatre New Brunswick production history 1983

In music

• "The Wheel", the nickname of guitarist Radomir Mihailović
• Wheel (album), a 2013 album by Laura Stevenson
• The Wheel (Rosanne Cash album), a 1993 album by Rosanne Cash
• The Wheel, 2003 album by David Olney

Songs

• "The Wheel", a song by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars 1988
• "The Wheel", a song by Bert Jansch from Lucky Thirteen (Bert Jansch album) 1966
• "The Wheel", a song by Bill Black's Combo 1960
• "The Wheel", a song and single by Spear Of Destiny from Grapes of Wrath (album) 1983
• "The Wheel", a song and 1971 single by Jerry Garcia from The Very Best of Jerry Garcia
• "The Wheel", a song by Rosanne Cash from album of the same name 1993
• "The Wheel" (song), a song by PJ Harvey 2016

Other

• The Wheel, a short story by John Wyndham, published in the collection Jizzle
• An ace-to-five straight, a type of poker hand
• The Wheel – Supporting Voluntary Activity in Ireland
• Wheel (detergent), a brand of laundry detergent
• Wheel (route), a pattern run by a receiver or running back in American football

See also

• Wheels (disambiguation)
• Wheeling (disambiguation)
• Wheelhouse (disambiguation)
• Wheal (disambiguation)