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Definition: Ferris Wheel |
Ferris WheelNoun1. Rotating mechanism consisting of a large upright wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel turns; provides a ride at an amusement park. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Rotation | Carousel, merry-go-round; Ferris wheel; top, dreidel,teetotum; gyroscope; turntable, lazy suzan; screw, whirligig, rollingstone, water wheel, windmill; wheel, pulley wheel, roulette wheel, potter's wheel, pinwheel, gear; roller; flywheel; jack; caster; centrifuge, ultracentrifuge, bench centrifuge, refrigerated centrifuge, gas centrifuge, microfuge; drill, augur, oil rig; wagon wheel, wheel, tire, tyre. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
London, UK had its very own 'Gigantic Wheel' built at Earls Court in 1895, which was modelled on the original one in Chicago. This wheel stayed in service until 1906 by which time it had carried over 2.5 million passengers.
This illustration, based on a patent drawing, depicts a variant of the Ferris Wheel with sliding gondolas. It was built at Coney Island in the 1920s, and still operates at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park. A replica of this Ferris wheel can be found in Disney's California Adventure theme park.
The earliest ancestor of the Ferris wheel is the Ups-and-Downs, a crude, hand-turned device, which dates back at least to the 17th century and is still in use in some parts of the world.
Currently, the largest Ferris wheel is the London Eye, at 120 meters (393 feet). Another famous Ferris wheel, dating back to 1897, can be found in Vienna.
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Crosswords: Ferris Wheel |
| Specialty definitions using "Ferris wheel": SUPERVISOR, RIDE ASSEMBLY. (references) |
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Screenplays | We've got a ferris wheel, tilt-a-whirl, bumper cars. (Carpool; writing credit: Don Rhymer) It's like taking your daughter to the fair and buying her cotton candy and winning prizes for her and then you get on the Ferris wheel and she wants to make out. (NewsRadio; writing credit: Scott Bank; Jenny Banks) | |
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 | View to the west from the roof of the Liberal Arts Building, showing the Wooded Island, Music Hall, Ferris Wheel, the Horticultural and Woman's Buildings, and the dome of the California Building.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Ferris wheel and amusements at carnival, Bozeman, Montana.Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Getting on the ferris wheel at an American Legion carnival near Bellows Falls, Vermont.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | On the ferris wheel at the Vermont state fair, Rutland.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
ferris wheel | 824 |
ferris wheel picture | 21 |
art clip ferris wheel | 7 |
ferris wheel rental | 6 |
clipart ferris wheel | 6 |
knex ferris wheel | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "Ferris wheel"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | виенско колело. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maailmanpyörä. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tambour rotatif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Riesenrad. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | ruota gigante. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 観覧車 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"ら"しゃ (spectator, visitor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | errisfay eelwhay чертово колесо. (various references) pariserhjul. (various references) dönme dolap. (various references) vòng đu quay. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-f-h-i-l-r-r-s-w" | |
-2 letters: erewhiles. | |
-3 letters: erewhile, fleshier, wheelers, wheelies, wherries, whirlers. | |
-4 letters: feelers, ferlies, ferrels, ferries, flesher, fresher, heelers, heifers, herries, herself, leerier, reefers, reefier, reelers, refeels, refiles, refires, reflies, refresh, refries, reheels, rehires, reliefs, reliers, rewires, riflers, sheerer, shereef, welsher, wheeler, wheelie, whirler. | |
-5 letters: eelier, eerier, elfish, feeler, ferlie, ferrel, filers, firers, fisher, fleers, fliers, freers. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 65 72 72 69 73 57 68 65 65 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100101 01110010 01110010 01101001 01110011 00100000 01010111 01101000 01100101 01100101 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F e r r i s   W h e e l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0065 0072 0072 0069 0073 0057 0068 0065 0065 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)40718484758525774717178 |
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