cogwheel

cog·wheel

C5482200 (kŏg′wēl′, -hwēl′, kôg′-)n.1. A toothed wheel.2. One of a set of cogged wheels within a mechanism.

cogwheel

(ˈkɒɡˌwiːl) n (Mechanical Engineering) another name for gearwheel

cog•wheel

(ˈkɒgˌʰwil, -ˌwil)

n. a gearwheel, esp. one having teeth of hardwood or metal inserted into slots. [1375–1425]

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cogwheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motiongear, gear wheel, geared wheelbevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear - gears that mesh at an anglecog, sprocket - tooth on the rim of gear wheelescape wheel - gear that engages a rocking leverpinion - a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rackepicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear - an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic trainrack and pinion - a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)spur gear, spur wheel - gear wheels that mesh in the same planesun gear - the central gear in an epicyclic traintooth - one of a number of uniform projections on a gearwheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)worm gear - gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motionworm wheel - gear with the thread of a worm

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