Wheel
A wheel was a round device capable of rotating on its axis, facilitating movement or transportation, or performing labor in machines.

A spinning wheel was a wheel that was used to produce yarn. ()

Wheels were essential to the drive of automobiles. As they were a key part of the movement of cars, trucks, vans and other automobiles. There were typically four wheels on the bottom of a vehicle, used for driving it, and a steering wheel used for changing direction. A tire lock was attached to wheels to prevent the theft of automobiles. ()

Tire irons were used to remove wheels from an automobile, which was necessary when changing the tire. ()

Other vehicles or devices equipped with wheels included wheelchairs, wagons, bicycles, motorcycles, tricycles, tea-carts, and gurneys. ()

In 2151, a statue depicting a bird on wheels was found in the atrium of the Vulcan monastery at P'Jem. ()

In some Native American mythology, a medicine wheel was used to guide a person's spirit. ()

There were also games that made use of wheels, such as roulette. In the game, a wheel is spun on the game table, leaving it to chance as to where the wheel stops and the ball lands. ()

A common saying in dabo, a Ferengi game similar to roulette, was "watch the wheel, not the girl." ()

Tongo was another Ferengi game that made use of a "Tongo wheel." ()

When Trip was trying to describe a car to Kaitaama, he told her it was a vehicle with four wheels, and that it wasn't much bigger than an escape pod. ()

In an alternate 2259, Admiral  attempted to explain to Captain  that the Nibirans were especially vulnerable to cultural contamination, as they had "barely invented the wheel." ()

In the 2260s, a woman named Mavig was a musician that played a harp that was shaped like a wheel. ()

When Hikaru Sulu was telling the rest of the senior staff of the  about the  having transwarp drive, Montgomery Scott told him "if my grandma had wheels, she'd be a wagon." ()

The song "Just in Time", sung by Vic Fontaine, had a lyric referencing the wheel: "Just let the wheel of love go round." ()

In the 2370s, the  was a shuttlecraft attached to the  that was equipped with a buggy that was also called the . It was held in place in the shuttle by clamps attached to the wheels. ()

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