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sprocket
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sprocket has 3 senses
- sprocket(n = noun.artifact) Array - roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through; Array is a part of camera, photographic camera
- sprocket(n = noun.artifact) sprocket wheel - thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain; Array is a part of bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel
- sprocket(n = noun.artifact) cog - tooth on the rim of gear wheel; Array is a part of cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel
is a kind of roller
is a kind of wheel
is a kind of tooth
CIDE DICTIONARY
sprocket, n. [Etymology uncertain.].
A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel, shaped so as to engage with a chain. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
sprocket, n.
1 each of several teeth on a wheel engaging with links of a chain, e.g. on a bicycle, or with holes in film or tape or paper.
2 (also sprocket-wheel) a wheel with sprockets.
1 each of several teeth on a wheel engaging with links of a chain, e.g. on a bicycle, or with holes in film or tape or paper.
2 (also sprocket-wheel) a wheel with sprockets.
Etymology
16th c.: orig. unkn.
THESAURUS
sprocket
cog, comb, crag, fang, harrow, jag, peak, pecten, projection, rake, ratchet, sawtooth, snag, snaggle, spire, spur, steeple, tooth
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