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Definition of Paddlewheel
1. Noun. A large wheel fitted with paddles and driven by an engine in order to propel a boat.
Definition of Paddlewheel
1. Noun. a large wheel fitted with thick slats, turned by an engine and used to propel a boat ¹
2. Noun. the name for a boat propelled by a '''paddlewheel''' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Paddlewheel
Literary usage of Paddlewheel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Biotechnology of Algae: A Bibliography by Virginia Stone (1992)
"With the paddlewheel system, the productivity values achieved were over 30% higher
than with the airlift system, both in summer and winter. ..."
2. The Life of Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Civil Engineer by Isambard Brunel (1870)
"The efficiency of the screw propeller, compared with the paddlewheel. 2.
The advantages or disadvantages attending its use (p. 539)— The first question ..."
3. Electricity and Magnetism by Benjamin Crowell (2002)
"The AB vector is upward, and the electric field has a curliness to it: a paddlewheel
inserted in the electric field would spin clockwise as seen from above, ..."
4. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1907)
"paddlewheel. A Motor paddlewheel for Small Boats. Translated from La Vie Automobile.
Illustrates and describes a new stern wheel for propelling motor boats, ..."
5. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1872)
"There were also 60 paddlewheel steam gunboats, with about 100 guns, but some of
them are eaid not to be sea-worthy ; and the same remark applies to the ..."
6. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1907)
"paddlewheel. A Motor paddlewheel for Small Boats. Translated from La Vic Automobile.
Illustrates and describes a new stern wheel for propelling motor boats, ..."
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