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gear wheel

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gear⋅wheel

[geer-hweel, -weel]
–noun
a wheel having teeth or cogs that engage with those of another wheel or part; cogwheel.
Also, gear wheel.


Origin:
1870–75; gear + wheel
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gear·wheel also gear wheel   (gîr'hwēl', -wēl')   
n.  A wheel with a toothed rim.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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