cogwheel

See also: cog wheel

English

Etymology

From cog +‎ wheel.

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Noun

cogwheel (plural cogwheels)

  2. A gear wheel.
    Alternative forms: cog wheel, cog-wheel
    Synonyms: gear wheel, gearwheel
    Hypernyms: cog, wheel, gear
    Near-synonyms: cog, gear (often synonymous)
  3. (attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.

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