cogwheel
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- noun
- /ˈkɔɡˌwɪl/
- Specialized
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- In the factory, workers inspected each cogwheel for any signs of wear or damage.
Examples
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He adjusted the broken cogwheel to ensure the clock would keep accurate time.
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I used to picture the changes of seasons and events as the result of some incremental movement at Earth's center: some perceptible straining against tension until the gearing of a cogwheel moved forward one click.
Fiction book (1996) -
Suppose you have two very simple cogwheels, indeed so simple they'd never ever be used in cryptography.
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The use of machine or automobile parts (cogwheels, etc.) as stamps over the russet country cloth is associated, in my memory, with the advent of the so-called Ferensola gown in the 2-3 years before the 1977 election.
Academic text (2007) -
The cogwheel turned smoothly, engaging with the other gears to power the machine.
Synonyms
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2.9
A wheel with teeth that makes parts of a machine move
A round wheel with teeth that fits together with another wheel to move parts or change speed
A round wheel with teeth that fits another to change speed or direction
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Etymology
Cogwheel comes from the parts cog meaning 'tooth' and wheel, so it literally means a 'toothed wheel'. Imagine the teeth on one wheel 'biting' the next to pass on motion, which is why a cogwheel moves parts in a machine.