"scroll wheel" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: scroll wheels [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} scroll wheel (plural scroll wheels)
  1. (computing) A hard plastic or rubbery disc on a computer mouse, used for scrolling. Categories (topical): Computing Synonyms (part of computer mouse): mouse wheel Translations (disc used for scrolling): skrolovací kolečko [neuter] (Czech), molette [feminine] (French), Scrollrad [neuter] (German), rolka [feminine] (Polish), con lăn chuột (Vietnamese), cuộn chuột (Vietnamese), cuộn con chuột (Vietnamese), bánh xe cuộn (Vietnamese), bánh xe con chuột (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-scroll_wheel-en-noun-vp-Gce8x Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'part of computer mouse': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'disc used for scrolling': 77 23
  2. (engineering) A cog wheel in the form of a scroll. Categories (topical): Engineering
    Sense id: en-scroll_wheel-en-noun-JYuCt3Ca Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 71 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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