a wheel having teeth or cogs that engage with those of another wheel or part; cogwheel
Also: gear wheel
Word origin
[1870–75; gear + wheel]This word is first recorded in the period 1870–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Victorian, fifth wheel, giveaway, linkage, washout
Examples of 'gearwheel' in a sentence
gearwheel
Possible options of edge cutting machining of cylindrical gearwheel arched teeth are considered.
Igor IVANOV, Pavel RUBIN, Alexander TARAPANOV, Nikita KANATNIKOV 2016, 'THE POSSIBILITIES OF IMPROVING THE OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF VEHICLE GEAR BYTHE USE OF CYLINDRICAL ARCHED TOOTH GEAR DRIVE', Transport Problemshttp://transportproblems.polsl.pl/pl/Archiwum/2016/zeszyt1/2016t11z2_06.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)