Pinwheel — * Pinwheel (TV series), a children s show on Nickelodeon that ran from 1979 1989 ** Pinwheel (TV channel), a channel which would later be the Nickelodeon channel * Pinwheel (origami), a piece of folded paper used in the Tamatebako * Pinwheel… … Wikipedia
pinwheel — [pin′hwēl΄, pin′wēl΄] n. 1. a small wheel with variously colored vanes of paper, etc., pinned to a stick so as to revolve in the wind 2. a fireworks device that revolves and throws off colored lights when set off vi. to rotate as a pinwheel does; … English World dictionary
pinwheel — (n.) 1690s, a wheel in the striking train of a clock in which pins are fixed to lift the hammer, from PIN (Cf. pin) (n.) + WHEEL (Cf. wheel) (n.). Fireworks sense is from 1869 … Etymology dictionary
pinwheel — ► NOUN 1) a small cogwheel in which the teeth are formed by pins set into the rim. 2) a small Catherine wheel … English terms dictionary
pinwheel — I. noun Date: 1869 1. a fireworks device in the form of a revolving wheel of colored fire 2. a toy consisting of lightweight vanes that revolve at the end of a stick 3. something (as a galaxy) shaped like a pinwheel II. intransitive verb Date:… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Pinwheel — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Pinwheel, un dispositif de cryptographie. Nickelodeon, anciennement appelé Pinwheel, un réseau de télévision par câble américain destiné aux enfants… … Wikipédia en Français
pinwheel — chiefly N. Amer. noun 1》 a small Catherine wheel firework. 2》 something shaped or rotating like a pinwheel. verb spin or rotate like a pinwheel … English new terms dictionary
pinwheel — noun 1. perennial subshrub of Tenerife having leaves in rosettes resembling pinwheels • Syn: ↑Aeonium haworthii • Hypernyms: ↑subshrub, ↑suffrutex • Member Holonyms: ↑Aeonium, ↑genus Aeonium … Useful english dictionary
pinwheel — pin•wheel [[t]ˈpɪnˌ(h)wil, ˌwil[/t]] n. 1) gam a toy consisting of a small wheel with paper or plastic vanes attached by a pin to a stick, designed to revolve when blown 2) a firework that revolves rapidly on a pin when ignited, making a wheel of … From formal English to slang
Pinwheel Galaxy (disambiguation) — Pinwheel Galaxy may refer to:* Messier 101, a galaxy referred to as the Pinwheel Galaxy * Messier 83, a galaxy referred to as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy * Triangulum Galaxy (Messier 33), a galaxy also referred to as the Triangulum Pinwheel… … Wikipedia
