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lantern wheel
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noun
a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel.
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Also called lantern pinion, trundle.
Origin of lantern wheel
First recorded in 1785–95
Words nearby lantern wheel
lantern jaw, lantern-jawed, lantern pinion, lantern ring, lantern slide, lantern wheel, lanthanide, lanthanide series, lanthanum, lanthorn, Lantsang
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How to use lantern wheel in a sentence
Fig. 140 shows two different kinds of stops for a lantern-wheel.
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