Meaning

1 senses
  1. A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.

    Holonym: gearset

    Near-synonyms: cog, gear

    Zahnrad

    шестерня́šesternjá, шестерёнкаšesterjónka, зу́бчатое колесо́zúbčatoje kolesó

    шестірня́šestirnjá, зубча́сте ко́лесоzubčáste kóleso

More definitions
  • a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
wheel with a toothed rim:
Русский
By meaning 1
wheel with a toothed rim:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
wheel with a toothed rim:

Origin

From gear + wheel.

From gear + wheel.

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Forms

plural: gear wheels
Singulargear wheel
Pluralgear wheels

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion:geargeared wheelcogwheel

Word family

2 related words

See also

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