What does tricycle mean?

Definitions for tricycle
ˈtraɪ sɪ kəl, -ˌsɪk əltri·cy·cle

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. tricycle, trike, velocipedenoun

    a vehicle with three wheels that is moved by foot pedals

Wiktionary

  1. tricyclenoun

    A cycle with three wheels, powered by pedals and usually intended for young children.

  2. tricycleverb

    To ride a tricycle.

    The child tricycled around the driveway until dark.

Wikipedia

  1. Tricycle

    A tricycle, sometimes abbreviated to trike, is a human-powered (or gasoline or electric motor powered or assisted, or gravity powered) three-wheeled vehicle. Some tricycles, such as cycle rickshaws (for passenger transport) and freight trikes, are used for commercial purposes, especially in the developing world, particularly Africa and Asia. In the West, adult-sized tricycles are used primarily for recreation, shopping, and exercise. Tricycles are favoured by children and senior adults for their apparent stability versus a bicycle; however a conventional trike has poor dynamic lateral stability, and the rider must take care when cornering to avoid tipping the trike over. Unconventional designs such as recumbents have a lower centre of gravity so require less care.

ChatGPT

  1. tricycle

    A tricycle is a three-wheeled vehicle designed for transportation, typically propelled by pedaling. It is often used by young children as a precursor to learning to ride a bicycle, or by adults for recreational or mobility purposes. The structure usually includes one wheel at the front and two at the back, handlebars for steering, and a seat for the rider.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tricyclenoun

    a three-wheeled velocipede. See Illust. under Velocipede. Cf. Bicycle

Wikidata

  1. Tricycle

    A tricycle, often abbreviated to trike, is a three-wheeled vehicle. Tricycles are used by children and adults. In the United States and Canada, adult-sized tricycles are used by senior adults for recreation, shopping, and exercise. In Asia and Africa, tricycles called pedicabs are used to transport passengers; tricycles are also used to transport freight and make deliveries. In the Philippines, a tricycle is a public vehicle consisting of a motorcycle and an attached passenger sidecar, and should not be confused with an unmotorized three-wheeled pedicab is known as a trisikad. Human-powered trikes are powered by pedals or hand cranks. Motorized trikes can be powered by motorcycle engines, smaller automatic transmission scooter motors, or electric motors.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tricycle

    trī′si-kl, n. a velocipede with three wheels.—v.i. to ride on such.—n. Trī′cyclist. [Gr. tri-, root of treis, three, kyklos, circle, wheel.]

CrunchBase

  1. Tricycle

    Tricycle, Inc. is a SaaS company founded to reduce petroleum use and landfill waste in the commercial carpet industry. The company’s technology product Tryk™, a sampling tool for carpet specification digitally combines yarn, machine, and design information to produce realistic carpet images. It serves commercial interiors manufacturers, interior designers, and architects. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It’s lead investors are The Southern Appalachian Fund (Oak Ridge, TN), Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation (London, KY) and Solidus Company (Nashville, TN).

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tricycle in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tricycle in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of tricycle in a Sentence

  1. Evan Hayden:

    It was profound to see artifacts such as a mangled, charred tricycle, as well as people's shadows burned into concrete from the blast.

  2. Warren Higgs:

    [ The tricycle ] will help me regain my fitness, then I can get back to life hopefully.

  3. David Schwebel:

    Tricycles are valuable tools to help children develop critical gross motor skills like balance, coordination and strength, any tricycle, when used carefully in a supervised situation, is likely to be a positive activity for children.

  4. Swami Sivanada:

    There is a tricycle in man. He knows, he feels and acts. He has emotion, intellect and will. He must develop head, heart and hand.

  5. Fran Segovia:

    In the end for the children this is also a way to play. It's how they learn. Like any other child who wants to have an electric tricycle, a bicycle and go around in the courtyard of the house or in the garden, they just go around because that's how they have fun. This can give these children, who are obviously a lot more limited in their ability to drive a tricycle or a bicycle, the opportunity to be able to experience that feeling. This is also one of the project's goals - a therapeutic part but also a way for them to play. Play in a monitored way.

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