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monocycle|ˈmɒnəsaɪk(ə)l|
[f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- κύκλος wheel, cycle. Cf. Gr. µονόκυκλος with one circle.]
A velocipede having only one wheel.
‘In one form the rider is seated inside the wheel’ (Webster Suppl. 1902).
1869The Velocipede (N.Y.) Apr. 79 A New York mechanic has devised a monocycle or single machine. 1869Sci. Amer. 22 May 330 The machine is evidently a monocycle. 1902Speaker 15 Feb. 564/1 Monocycles progressing at eighty miles an hour. |