Definition of "handwheel" [hand•wheel]

• Any wheel worked by hand, whether used to allow leverage, as of a valve or a handbrake, or to allow fine adjustment, as of a setscrew. (noun)

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• "With the handwheel, raise the take-up lever to its highest position."
• "With your right hand, turn the balance wheel, or handwheel, one complete turn."
• "Sweep forward two full turns of the handwheel and then one turn back."