gearwheel

Crick, and his colleague Leslie Orgel, who originally suggested the idea with him, supposed that the bacteria had originally evolved by natural processes on the home planet, but they could equally, while in the mood for science fiction, have added a touch of nanotechnological artifice to the mix, something like the molecular gearwheel illustrated opposite.

Scientists' Responses Solicited James F. McGrath 2008

These arms are revolved by gear-wheels _c_ that fit in a large gearwheel _d_ attached to a shaft _e_, which is turned by means of a handle _f_.

Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads

At first all they could see was a blur, but then a crackling sharp gearwheel emerged from the fuzz, as if being hauled up out of grey sand.

MAKE Magazine 2009

'Somebody email Mike and tell him we've found a gearwheel with his initials on!

MAKE Magazine 2009

After the small globe disappears, the whole thing stops and the spinning gearwheel does not appear.

Discussions: Message List - root 2009

We lifted up a gearwheel to the top of evolution and let it fight against evil Pl�ttchen 6 billion years in the future.

GoNintendo.com Podcast 2009

If I select HP IP, the gearwheel spins briefly 'looking for drivers' then the screen is empty again.

Discussions: Message List - root 2009

The spring is coiled up inside a housing that can be seen mounted on the large gearwheel visibly protruding from the bottom of the mechanism.

My[confined]Space 2008

As the optional link _JK_ held the gearwheel centers always equidistant, the annular guide _G_ was not used.]

Kinematics of Mechanisms from the Time of Watt Eugene S. Ferguson 1960