Also means
knob, dial
Usage Note
Rotella is the diminutive of ruota (wheel). In everyday use it refers to a caster on furniture, the scroll wheel of a mouse (rotella del mouse), or a small cutting wheel. Its plural is the regular rotelle, which is also the name of a wagon-wheel pasta shape.
Examples
"La sedia ha quattro rotelle sotto."
Natural Translation
The chair has four casters underneath.
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