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cogwheel definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion [syn: gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 14th century a wheel with cogs ; gear 6a(2)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Cogwheel Cog"wheel`, n. A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.

Moby Thesaurus

Hydromatic, automatic transmission, differential, differential gear, freewheel, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, high, intermediate, low, neutral, overdrive, rack, reverse, standard transmission, stick shift, synchromesh, transmission