A device used as a printer in some word processors, consisting of a disc of spokes each terminating in a printing character.
（打字机或打印机的）菊花轮，菊花字轮
Example sentencesExamples
This particular daisy wheel is from the 60s.
When Jim gave me the responsibility for publishing the computer center newsletter, the first thing I did was order new daisy wheels that didn't slash the zeroes.
The Silver Reed daisy wheel printer purchased to complement the computer was $895 (extra daisy wheels were $22.50 each, tractor feed for paper was $160), and the 300k-baud rate modem was $535.
Invariably I was offered the solution of buying enough different daisy wheels so that I would have (almost all) the desired symbols at my disposal.
A few computer programs and special-order daisy wheels are available to transform modern typewriters or word processors to the Dvorak keyboard, but the demand for these products is small.
Definition of daisy wheel in US English:
daisy wheel
nounˈdeɪzi ˈˌ(h)wilˈdāzē ˈˌ(h)wēl
A device used as a printer in some word processors, consisting of a disc of spokes each terminating in a printing character.
（打字机或打印机的）菊花轮，菊花字轮
Example sentencesExamples
When Jim gave me the responsibility for publishing the computer center newsletter, the first thing I did was order new daisy wheels that didn't slash the zeroes.
Invariably I was offered the solution of buying enough different daisy wheels so that I would have (almost all) the desired symbols at my disposal.
This particular daisy wheel is from the 60s.
A few computer programs and special-order daisy wheels are available to transform modern typewriters or word processors to the Dvorak keyboard, but the demand for these products is small.
The Silver Reed daisy wheel printer purchased to complement the computer was $895 (extra daisy wheels were $22.50 each, tractor feed for paper was $160), and the 300k-baud rate modem was $535.