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		Definition of waterwheel in English: waterwheelnoun ˈwɔːtəwiːl ![]() A large wheel driven by flowing water, used to work machinery or to raise water to a higher level. 水车 Example sentencesExamples -  Because of the size of the engine, it is started using power from the waterwheel, which is on the opposite side of the mill, through the main drive shaft.
 -  Surviving machinery includes a waterwheel, shaft and stones, although it hasn't worked since the 1920s.
 -  A stone basin, sealed with pitch, was added later, to combat the problem of silting, and this provided drinking water for ships; it also powered a small waterwheel used to raise water from the basin.
 -  Near the bridge is an old mill complete with a waterwheel which has been restored by the same Trust which looks after the Heritage Centre.
 -  A sluice gate, half hidden behind the roof of the mill, controls the water to power the waterwheel.
 -  By 1812 Jefferson had three threshing machines in operation, two powered by horses and one by a waterwheel.
 -  In an era when the nonmuscular power sources included only a few types of sails and waterwheels, such a realization was no small matter.
 -  He also designed waterwheels in Ulm and made mathematical and surveying instruments, particularly ones with military applications.
 -  He applied mechanics to improve turbines and waterwheels more than doubling the efficiency of the waterwheel.
 -  The remains consist of the central mill chamber, where the waterwheels were housed between the two mill buildings.
 -  While describing his contributions to fluid mechanics we should also note the contributions he made to the study of waterwheels and pumps.
 -  Power was needed, so he slung a waterwheel in a nearby stream and added a steam auxiliary generator for good measure.
 -  Set to watch the sheep, he would instead build model waterwheels, and other gadgets, and the sheep would often escape.
 -  The lower stone was fixed and the upper one turned by the machinery (driven by a waterwheel in this case).
 -  It is no different in function from the waterwheel on the old mill.
 -  Her father eventually made a waterwheel down by the river to charge a car battery and ran a radio from that.
 -  In early medieval Europe, waterwheels powered olive presses, crushed mash, drove pumps, and operated the bellows of the blacksmith's furnace and forge.
 -  The huge waterwheel drove two pumps and the lathe.
 -  The remains appear to represent the base of the wheel pit for a vertical waterwheel.
 -  On weekends, you can witness the mill in operation; the waterwheel provides a never-ending display of splashes in the sunlight.
 
    Definition of waterwheel in US English: waterwheelnoun A large wheel driven by flowing water, used to work machinery or to raise water to a higher level. 水车 Example sentencesExamples -  He applied mechanics to improve turbines and waterwheels more than doubling the efficiency of the waterwheel.
 -  In early medieval Europe, waterwheels powered olive presses, crushed mash, drove pumps, and operated the bellows of the blacksmith's furnace and forge.
 -  Near the bridge is an old mill complete with a waterwheel which has been restored by the same Trust which looks after the Heritage Centre.
 -  It is no different in function from the waterwheel on the old mill.
 -  He also designed waterwheels in Ulm and made mathematical and surveying instruments, particularly ones with military applications.
 -  The lower stone was fixed and the upper one turned by the machinery (driven by a waterwheel in this case).
 -  A stone basin, sealed with pitch, was added later, to combat the problem of silting, and this provided drinking water for ships; it also powered a small waterwheel used to raise water from the basin.
 -  The remains appear to represent the base of the wheel pit for a vertical waterwheel.
 -  Her father eventually made a waterwheel down by the river to charge a car battery and ran a radio from that.
 -  The huge waterwheel drove two pumps and the lathe.
 -  A sluice gate, half hidden behind the roof of the mill, controls the water to power the waterwheel.
 -  Because of the size of the engine, it is started using power from the waterwheel, which is on the opposite side of the mill, through the main drive shaft.
 -  By 1812 Jefferson had three threshing machines in operation, two powered by horses and one by a waterwheel.
 -  The remains consist of the central mill chamber, where the waterwheels were housed between the two mill buildings.
 -  On weekends, you can witness the mill in operation; the waterwheel provides a never-ending display of splashes in the sunlight.
 -  Set to watch the sheep, he would instead build model waterwheels, and other gadgets, and the sheep would often escape.
 -  In an era when the nonmuscular power sources included only a few types of sails and waterwheels, such a realization was no small matter.
 -  Power was needed, so he slung a waterwheel in a nearby stream and added a steam auxiliary generator for good measure.
 -  Surviving machinery includes a waterwheel, shaft and stones, although it hasn't worked since the 1920s.
 -  While describing his contributions to fluid mechanics we should also note the contributions he made to the study of waterwheels and pumps.
 
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