Sprocket

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sprocket \Sprock"et\ (spr[o^]k"[e^]t), n. [Etymology uncertain.]
     (Mach.)
     (a) A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel,
         shaped so as to engage with a chain.
     (b) A sprocket wheel.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sprocket
       n 1: roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper
            through
       2: thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain [syn: {sprocket
          wheel}]
       3: tooth on the rim of gear wheel [syn: {cog}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  18 Moby Thesaurus words for "sprocket":
     cog, comb, crag, fang, harrow, jag, peak, pecten, projection, rake,
     ratchet, sawtooth, snag, snaggle, spire, spur, steeple, tooth