gearwheel

or gear wheel

[geer-hweel, -weel]

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noun

a wheel having teeth or cogs that engage with those of another wheel or part; cogwheel.

Origin of gearwheel

First recorded in 1870–75; gear + wheel

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Related Words for gearwheel

cog, sprocket, cogwheel, pinion

Examples from the Web for gearwheel

Historical Examples of gearwheel

As the optional link JK held the gearwheel centers always equidistant, the annular guide G was not used.
Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt
Eugene S. Ferguson

British Dictionary definitions for gearwheel

gearwheel

noun

another name for gear (def. 1)

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