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velocipede::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tricycle, trike |
| Type of | wheeled vehicle |
| Has types | cycle rickshaw, pedicab |
Examples of velocipede
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The high riding position might seem daunting, but mounting could be learned on a lower velocipede.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The penny-farthing used a larger wheel than the velocipede, thus giving higher speed on all but steep hills.
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You'll know it by the big velocipede out front.
From the chron.com
The proto-form of the motorcycle was simply a velocipede with a steam-engine jammed in it, made in France in 1868.
From the time.com
Several inventions followed using rear wheel drive, the best known being the rod-driven velocipede by Scotsman Thomas McCall in 1869.
From the en.wikipedia.org
While 150 years of evolution have turned the standard, two-wheeled velocipede into a thing of beauty, we still don't understand exactly how it works.
From the newscientist.com
Sunday also was the final day of the 94th Tour de France, the most contentious and controversial spectacle on wheels since the invention of the velocipede.
From the denverpost.com
The lack of oats to feed horses may have inspired the German inventor Karl Drais to research new ways of horseless transportation, which led to the invention of the draisine or velocipede.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- Any of several early bicycles with pedals on the front wheel
- Tricycle: a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals
- Velocipede (Latin for "fast foot") is an umbrella term for any human-powered land vehicle with one or more wheels. The most common type of velocipede today is the bicycle.
- Early two-wheeled conveyance upon which one rode astride a wooden frame propelled by means of pushing the feet against the ground; Generic term for three and four-wheeled machines driven by foot or hand levers to the rear or front axle; a late-1860s bicycle driven by cranks on the front axle; ...
- [French] (1817) 1. a lightweight wheeled vehicle propelled by the rider. 2. a bicycle with pedal cranks fixed to the driving wheel; see boneshaker.
- An early form of bicycle or tricycle propelled by thrusts of the feet against pedals.
