Associations to the word «Cogwheel»

Pictures for the word «Cogwheel»

Wiktionary

COGWHEEL, noun. A gear wheel
COGWHEEL, noun. (When used attributively) Something behaving in similar, jerky, manner as a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine

Dictionary definition

COGWHEEL, noun. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.

Wise words

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