intermeshed
- adjective
- /ˌɪntərˈmɛʃt/
- Specialized
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engranado
- You can see the intermeshed cogs spinning inside the transparent clock case.
Examples
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Each engine drives a pair of intermeshed gears that turn the main rotor.
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The two gears are intermeshed perfectly.
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The designer ensured that the intermeshed rotors would never collide during operation.
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The gears are intermeshed.
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Each engine drives a pair of intermeshed gears that turn the main rotor.
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The designer ensured that the intermeshed rotors would never collide during operation.
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You can see the intermeshed cogs spinning inside the transparent clock case.
Synonyms
4
5.5
Closely joined so the parts are hard to separate
2
4.1
Joined so each part affects and depends on the others
1
4.5
Fitted closely so parts stay joined and are hard to separate
1
6.3
Lines or parts cross over and under each other to make a pattern
1
5.2
Joined together so they act or work as one
Gears fit together so parts move
Joined so their teeth fit together and turn smoothly
With thin parts that fit together like the fingers of two hands in devices
Closely joined so the parts form a single whole that is hard to separate
Two items joined together physically, like vehicles or parts used as a pair
Connected so they form one longer object
Antonyms
How Interlocked
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Intermeshed comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between' and mesh meaning 'to fit together like a net or the teeth of gears'. Think of two gears whose teeth fit into each other so they turn as one, which is why intermeshed describes parts that lock and work together.