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pin⋅ion

1  [pin-yuhn]
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–noun
1. Machinery.
a. a gear with a small number of teeth, esp. one engaging with a rack or larger gear.
b. a shaft or spindle cut with teeth engaging with a gear.
2. Metalworking. a gear driving a roll in a rolling mill.
Origin:
1650–60; < F pignon cogwheel, MF peignon, deriv. of peigne comb, var. of pigne < L pectin- (s. of pecten) comb; see pecten

Related forms:
pin⋅ion⋅less, adjective
pin⋅ion⋅like, adjective
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