Cogwheel
['kɒgwiːl] or ['kɑɡwil]
Definition
(n.) A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.
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Examples
- No surface can be made perfectly smooth, and when a barrel rolls over an incline, or a rope passes over a pulley, or a cogwheel turns its neighbor, there is rubbing and slipping and sliding. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Experiment demonstrates that a weight _W_ attached to a cogwheel of radius 3 can be raised by a force _P_, equal to one third of _W_ applied to a cogwheel of radius 1. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- We walked in the town and took the cogwheel railway down to Ouchy and walked beside the lake. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Cogwheels can be made to give speed at the decrease of force. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Cogwheels are modifications of the wheel and axle. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Cogwheels or belts connect the paddle wheel with the factory machinery, so that motion of the paddle wheel insures the running of the machinery. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
Typist: Shelby