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• wheel spoke — noun support consisting of a radial member of a wheel joining the hub to the rim • Syn: ↑spoke, ↑radius • Hypernyms: ↑support • Part Holonyms: ↑bicycle wheel, ↑cartwheel, ↑wagon wheel …   Useful english dictionary

• Spoke — A spoke is one of some number of rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface. The term originally referred to portions of a log which had been split lengthwise… …   Wikipedia

• wheel — A circular device, thin in relation to its face area, usually able to rotate about a central axle or pivot, with a durable but elastic rim or with regular teeth cut on the rim and for lightness often supported by spokes joined to the hub instead… …   Dictionary of automotive terms

• wheel — 1 /wi:l/ noun (C) 1 ON A VEHICLE (C) one of the round things under a car, bus, bicycle etc that turn when it moves 2 IN A MACHINE (C) a flat round part in a machine that turns round when the machine operates: a gear wheel 3 FOR CONTROLLING A… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• Spoke — Spoke, n. [OE. spoke, spake, AS. sp[=a]ca; akin to D. speek, LG. speke, OHG. speihha, G. speiche. [root]170. Cf. {Spike} a nail.] 1. The radius or ray of a wheel; one of the small bars which are inserted in the hub, or nave, and which serve to… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• spoke — [1] ► NOUN 1) each of the bars or wire rods connecting the centre of a wheel to its rim. 2) each of a set of radial handles projecting from a ship s wheel. 3) each of the metal rods in an umbrella to which the material is attached. ● put a spoke… …   English terms dictionary

• Spoke card — Spoke cards are used to identify competitors in Alleycat races held between bicycle messengers. Originally tarot cards were used, with the race number written on them, but nowadays cards are often printed specially.The spoke card is wedged… …   Wikipedia

• spoke — spoke1 [spōk] n. [ME < OE spaca, akin to Ger speiche: see SPIKE1] 1. any of the braces or bars extending between the hub and the rim of a wheel 2. a ladder rung 3. any of the grips or handholds fixed along the rim of a ship s steering wheel vt …   English World dictionary

• Spoke (disambiguation) — Spoke can refer to :* Spoke, a rod connecting the hub of a wheel with the traction surface. * Spoke (album), a 1997 album by the band Calexico.Spokes can refer to :* Spokes, the Lothian Cycle Campaign, a cycling campaign organisation. * Spokes… …   Wikipedia

• spoke — (of a wheel), O.E. spaca spoke, related to spicing large nail, from P.Gmc. *spaikon (Cf. O.S. speca, O.Fris. spake, Du. spaak, O.H.G. speicha, Ger. speiche spoke ), probably from PIE *spei sharp point (see SPIKE (Cf …   Etymology dictionary

• Spoke — Spoke, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Spoked} (sp[=o]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Spoking}.] To furnish with spokes, as a wheel. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English