Wheeler

See also: wheeler

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Wheeler

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Alternative forms

• (surname): Whaler, Wiler

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Proper noun

Wheeler (countable and uncountable, plural Wheelers)

1. An English surname, derived from the trade of wheeler.
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2. A number of places in the United States:
   1. An unincorporated community in Lawrence County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community in Washington County, Arkansas.
   3. An unincorporated community in Mendocino County, California.
   4. A village in Jasper County, Illinois.
   5. A census-designated place in Porter County, Indiana.
   6. An unincorporated community in Prentiss County, Mississippi.
   7. A ghost town in Wheeler County, Nebraska.
   8. A town in Steuben County, New York.
   9. A small city in Tillamook County, Oregon.
   10. A city, the county seat of Wheeler County, Texas.
   11. An unincorporated community in Lee County, Virginia.
   12. An unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia.
   13. A village in Dunn County, Wisconsin.

Derived terms

• Breit-Wheeler pair production
• Breit-Wheeler process
• Burrows-Wheeler transform
• Mount Wheeler
• Wheeler County
• Wheeler-DeWitt equation
• Wheeler-Feynman absorber theory
• Wheeler Peak
• Wheelerwood