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Ferris wheel

Ferris wheel Meaning & Definition
Ferris wheel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ferris wheel?

[n] 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

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See Also | ride | rotating mechanism

Ferris wheel In Webster's Dictionary

\Fer"ris wheel\ An amusement device consisting of a giant power-driven steel wheel, revolvable on its stationary axle, and carrying a number of balanced passenger cars around its rim; -- so called after G. W. G. Ferris, American engineer, who erected the first of its kind for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.

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