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gearwheel

gear·wheel
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [geer-hweel, -weel]
    • /ˈgɪərˌʰwil, -ˌwil/
    • /ʤəˈwel/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [geer-hweel, -weel]
    • /ˈgɪərˌʰwil, -ˌwil/

Definitions of gearwheel word

  • noun gearwheel a wheel having teeth or cogs that engage with those of another wheel or part; cogwheel. 1
  • noun gearwheel A toothed wheel in a set of gears. 1
  • noun gearwheel a toothed wheel in a system of gears 0

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Origin of gearwheel

First appearance:

before 1870
One of the 26% newest English words
First recorded in 1870-75; gear + wheel

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Gearwheel

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gearwheel popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 73% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for gearwheel

noun gearwheel

  • cog — A cog is a wheel with square or triangular teeth around the edge, which is used in a machine to turn another wheel or part.
  • sprocket — Machinery. Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain. one tooth of such a wheel.
  • cogwheel — a wheel with a rim notched into teeth, which mesh with those of another wheel or of a rack to transmit or receive motion
  • pinion — the distal or terminal segment of the wing of a bird consisting of the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges.

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