daisy wheel

dai·sy wheel

D d

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey-zee hweel, weel]
- /ˈdeɪ zi ʰwil, wil/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [dey-zee hweel, weel]
- /ˈdeɪ zi ʰwil, wil/

Definitions of daisy wheel words

noun daisy wheel a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element 3
noun daisy wheel a flat, circular printing element of a word-processing printer or of an electric typewriter 3
noun daisy wheel a small metal or plastic wheel with raised, fully formed letter, numbers, and symbols on the tips of petallike spokes: used as the printing element in a type of electronic typewriter or computer printer (daisy wheel printer) 1
noun daisy wheel Alternative form of daisywheel. 0

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Origin of daisy wheel

First appearance:

before 1975

One of the 1% newest English words

First recorded in 1975-80

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Parts of speech for Daisy wheel

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Daisy wheel

daisy wheel popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 37% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 62% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

daisy wheel usage trend in Literature

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