Gear Wheel (Noun)
Meaning
A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The bike's derailleur moved the chain across the various gear wheels to help the cyclist ascend the steep hill.
- A series of interlocking gear wheels connected the hand-crank to the turbine blades in the small power generator.
- When he pressed the gear shift in his sports car, it automatically switched between different gear wheels for the correct acceleration.
- Before inserting the metal cog into the existing machinery, make sure its grooves perfectly fit with those on the rotating gear wheel.
- According to Newton's Laws, one important machine designed centuries ago had in an gear wheel consisting entirely concentric radii tooth diameters where metal wire ends crumple attached was planetary different.