English Explanatory Dictionary

headwheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rotating component in a videotape system, bearing the magnetic heads used to record and reproduce signals.

Word forms

headwheel headwheels

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kap- Proto-Indo-European *káput- Proto-Germanic *haubudą Old English hēafod Middle English heed English head Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English headwheel From head + wheel.

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