gearwheel

or gear wheel

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

Origin of gearwheel

1
First recorded in 1870–75; gear + wheel

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British Dictionary definitions for gearwheel

gearwheel

/ (ˈɡɪəˌwiːl) /


noun
  1. another name for gear (def. 1)

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