"roadwheel" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "road + wheel",
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      "form": "roadwheels",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "year unknown, Robert E. Peavey, Praying for Slack: A Marine Corps Tank Commander in Viet Nam →ISBN, page 226",
          "text": "Right below me, passing us by, was a set of wheels that looked exactly like the roadwheels off a tank."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, Operator's Manual for Combat Vehicle, Anti-tank, Improved Tow Vehicle, M901, NSN 2350-01-045-1123, page 119",
          "text": "Check roadwheels and idler wheels for excessive heat, worn mounting holes, and separation of rubber from metal.",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, Michael Blundell, Damian Harty, The Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics, page 493",
          "text": "Handwheel is the preferred term for what is popularly called the steering wheel. The reason for this distinction is that a typical car has three steering wheels - two are roadwheels and the other is a handwheel.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, J. Y. Wong, Theory of Ground Vehicles, John Wiley & Sons, page 167",
          "text": "Consequently, track segments between roadwheels cannot support much load and vehicle weight is primarily supported by the track segments (links) immediately under the roadwheels.",
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        "A wheel that supports the weight of a vehicle, especially one with caterpillar tracks."
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          "caterpillar track",
          "caterpillar track"
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  "word": "roadwheel"
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  "etymology_text": "road + wheel",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        {
          "ref": "year unknown, Robert E. Peavey, Praying for Slack: A Marine Corps Tank Commander in Viet Nam →ISBN, page 226",
          "text": "Right below me, passing us by, was a set of wheels that looked exactly like the roadwheels off a tank."
        },
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          "ref": "1989, Operator's Manual for Combat Vehicle, Anti-tank, Improved Tow Vehicle, M901, NSN 2350-01-045-1123, page 119",
          "text": "Check roadwheels and idler wheels for excessive heat, worn mounting holes, and separation of rubber from metal.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, Michael Blundell, Damian Harty, The Multibody Systems Approach to Vehicle Dynamics, page 493",
          "text": "Handwheel is the preferred term for what is popularly called the steering wheel. The reason for this distinction is that a typical car has three steering wheels - two are roadwheels and the other is a handwheel.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2008, J. Y. Wong, Theory of Ground Vehicles, John Wiley & Sons, page 167",
          "text": "Consequently, track segments between roadwheels cannot support much load and vehicle weight is primarily supported by the track segments (links) immediately under the roadwheels.",
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        "A wheel that supports the weight of a vehicle, especially one with caterpillar tracks."
      ],
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          "caterpillar track",
          "caterpillar track"
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  "word": "roadwheel"
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