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Meaning of COGWHEEL

Pronunciation:  'kâg`weel

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
 
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 Synonyms: gear, gear wheel
 
 See Also: bevel gear, cog, epicyclic gear, escape wheel, pinion, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear, rack and pinion, sprocket, spur gear, spur wheel, sun gear, tooth, wheel, worm gear, worm wheel

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cog"wheel`\, n.
A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of
{Gearing}.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: automatic transmission, differential, differential gear, freewheel, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, high, Hydromatic, intermediate, low, neutral, overdrive, rack, reverse, standard transmission, stick shift, synchromesh, transmission
 

 

 

 

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