steering wheel

noun

: a handwheel by means of which one steers

Examples of steering wheel in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Activation comes by pressing the central button of the left-hand pad on the steering wheel. Mark Andrews, WIRED, 13 Mar. 2024 This tested whether the system could detect the driver’s hands were not ready to grab the steering wheel in an emergency. Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 12 Mar. 2024 Its interior is covered in Nero Connolly leather and also features a Momo racing-style steering wheel, a Borletti air-conditioning system, and a Becker AM/FM radio, according to the listing. Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024 The steering wheel also has a new feature: two giant scroll wheels. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 7 Mar. 2024 Vehicles are measured on six levels of autonomy with zero representing cars with no autonomous features whatsoever and five marking futuristic self-driving vehicles of the future with no need for steering wheels or braking pedals. Popular Science, 15 Feb. 2024 Now the driver can initiate this by nudging the steering wheel to bias the vehicle to one side of the lane or the other and then the system will remember that and hold it for a period of time. Sam Abuelsamid, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2024 Video reveals the steering wheel of the SS Arlington at the bottom of Lake Superior. Patrick Smith, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2024 The steering wheel is heated and a carbon fiber choice is optional. James Raia, The Mercury News, 4 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of steering wheel was in 1750

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“Steering wheel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steering%20wheel. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

steering wheel

noun
: a wheel for steering something by hand

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