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chain drive

American

noun

a driving mechanism transmitting power by means of an endless chain.

chain drive British

noun

engineering a chain of links passing over sprockets that transmits rotation from one shaft to another

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Other Word Forms

chain-driven

adjective

Etymology

Origin of chain drive

First recorded in 1900–05

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