vehicle (English: vehicle)

Japanese: vehicle(車両)(英語表記)vehicle
vehicle (English: vehicle)

...This word is used in two ways. One is to mean a wheel, and the other is to mean a vehicle in general that runs on wheels, i.e. a vehicle.
[History of the wheel]
The wheel is the most representative rotary motion device, and its development is thought to have been closely related to the history of the potter's wheel, lathe, drill, water wheel, windmill, etc.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "vehicle" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この言葉は2通りの意味で使われる。一つは車輪wheelの意味,もう一つは車輪で動く乗物一般,つまり車両vehicleの意味である。
【車輪の歴史】
 車輪は回転運動装置のうちでは最も代表的なもので,その発達はろくろ,旋盤,ドリル,水車,風車などの歴史と密接なかかわりをもっていたと思われる。…

※「vehicle(車両)」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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