gearwheel

or gear wheel

[ geer-hweel, -weel ]

/ ˈgɪərˌʰwil, -ˌwil /

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noun

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

RELATED WORDS

cog, sprocket, cogwheel, pinion

Nearby words

gear up,
gearbox,
gearing,
gearset,
gearshift,
geb,
geb.,
geba,
geber,
gebrselassie

Origin of gearwheel

First recorded in 1870–75; gear + wheel

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Examples from the Web for 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

/ (ˈɡɪəˌwiːl) /

noun

another name for gear (def. 1)

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