Wheel (disambiguation)

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

Wheel may also refer to:

Machinery

 * Ferris wheel
 * Breaking wheel, a medieval execution device
 * English wheel, a metalworking tool used to curve sheet metal
 * Hamster wheel, an exercise toy used by pet rodents
 * Water wheel, a wheel for converting the energy of flowing or falling water
 * Steering wheel, for steering land vehicles
 * Ship's wheel, for steering water vessels
 * Potter's wheel, for shaping ceramics
 * Rim (wheel), the periphery or outside edge of a wheel
 * Bicycle
 * Alloy wheel, a type of automobile wheel
 * Artillery wheel, a type of wheel most recently used on American cars
 * Steel wheel
 * Train wheel
 * Wagon wheel
 * Wheel and axle, a simple machine that translates torque or force applied at one radius to a different force or torque at a different radius
 * Wire wheel

Science and technology

 * Wheel (algebra), an algebra in which division by zero is possible
 * Wheel (computing), in computing, a user group that provides additional special system privileges
 * Prayer wheel (slide rule), a circular slide rule
 * Wheel (Python), a "setuptools" package format extension replacing "egg" package format
 * Wheel graph, a mathematical concept

Geography

 * Wheel, Kentucky, U.S.
 * Wheel, Tennessee, U.S.

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:
 * Throne (angel)
 * Ophanim
 * Prayer wheel, a cylindrical wheel on a spindle

Film and television

 * La Roue (The Wheel), a 1923 French film
 * The Wheel (1925 film)
 * The Wheel (game show), a British television game show created and hosted by Michael McIntyre
 * "The Wheel", a wheel in the game show Wheel of Fortune
 * "The Wheel" (Law & Order), a 2002 episode of Law & Order
 * "The Wheel" (Mad Men), an episode of Mad Men
 * The Wheel, a 1983 production by the Theatre New Brunswick
 * Das Rad (The Wheel), a 2001 animated short
 * The Wheel (2021 film)

Music

 * "The Wheel", the nickname of guitarist Radomir Mihailović
 * Wheel (album), a 2013 album by Laura Stevenson
 * The Wheel (band), Australian country music band.
 * The Wheel (Asleep at the Wheel album), a 1977 album by Asleep at the Wheel
 * The Wheel (Rosanne Cash album), a 1993 album by Rosanne Cash
 * The Wheel, 2003 album by David Olney

Songs

 * "The Wheel", a song by Bill Black's Combo, 1960
 * "The Wheel", a song by The Breakaways Australia, 1964
 * "The Wheel", a song by Bert Jansch from Lucky Thirteen (Bert Jansch album), 1966
 * "The Wheel", a song and single by Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, and Bill Kreutzmann from the 1972 album Garcia
 * "The Wheel", a song and single by Spear Of Destiny from Grapes of Wrath (album), 1983
 * "The Wheel", a song by Edie Brickell & New Bohemians from Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars, 1988
 * "The Wheel", a song by Rosanne Cash from album of the same name, 1993
 * "The Wheel" (song), a song by PJ Harvey, 2016


 * "The Wheel", a song by Australian psychedelic rock band King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard, the closing track to their 2017 album Gumboot Soup

Other

 * Agricultural Wheel, an alliance of farmers in Arkansas
 * 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 (charity), a charity support association in Ireland
 * Wheel (detergent), a brand of laundry detergent
 * Wheel (route), a pattern run by a receiver or running back in American football

People with the surname

 * Geoff Wheel (born 1951), Welsh rugby union player
 * Lesley Wheel (1929–2004), American architectural lighting designer