sprocket
Machinery.
Also called chainwheel, sprocket wheel . a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain.
one tooth of such a wheel.
Carpentry. a wedge-shaped piece of wood extending a sloping roof over the eaves with a flatter pitch.
Origin of sprocket
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How to use sprocket in a sentence
While I could still slide the motor and motor bracket around, I put the chain over both the sprocket and the motor.
Your new e-bike could already be sitting in your garage | William Elcock | February 7, 2022 | Popular-ScienceIf your batteries don’t have enough energy to move the sprockets fast enough for playback, they certainly won’t be able to skip songs quickly.
Shortly after that hour I looked at the sledge-meter and found that it had ceased working; the sprocket had been knocked off.
The Home of the Blizzard | Douglas MawsonCan my invention be made to do better work by putting in gears in place of that sprocket chain?
How to Succeed as an Inventor | Goodwin B. SmithI tell Polly that Four Oaks is a sprocket-wheel for maids, with two links of an endless chain always on top.
The Fat of the Land | John Williams Streeter
When the chain has been pulled through it may be hooked and adjusted to lower sprocket, and tightened up by screws at top.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonThe net handle must have broken, and a piece of it has become wedged in the sprocket chain that operates the propeller.
The Motor Boys in the Clouds | Clarence Young
British Dictionary definitions for sprocket
/ (ˈsprɒkɪt) /
Also called: sprocket wheel a relatively thin wheel having teeth projecting radially from the rim, esp one that drives or is driven by a chain
an individual tooth on such a wheel
a cylindrical wheel with teeth on one or both rims for pulling film through a camera or projector
a small wedge-shaped piece of wood used to extend a roof over the eaves
Origin of sprocket
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