Nov 27, 2012 #2 C chambraigne New member Nov 27, 2012 1 0 1 You are in a grey area, but I say no. dictionary.com gives for "gadget": a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article. You could argue that a wheel is a mechanical device, but the definition implies some cleverness or complexity to the design. A wheel is too simple to fulfill this part of the definition.
You are in a grey area, but I say no. dictionary.com gives for "gadget": a mechanical contrivance or device; any ingenious article. You could argue that a wheel is a mechanical device, but the definition implies some cleverness or complexity to the design. A wheel is too simple to fulfill this part of the definition.