Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Any wheel having teeth or cogs which act upon the teeth of another wheel to impart or transmit motion.
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Examples
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The gear-wheel, in this case, had to be reinvented.
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Click on the “change settings” gear-wheel on the dashboard
Archive 2005-08-01 2005
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The names given to the various lines of a tooth on a gear-wheel are as follows:
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose
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F represents a frame supporting a fixed journal, B, on which revolves a gear-wheel, G, operated by a pinion, P.
Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Joshua Rose
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The engine used in 1909 was the same one used in 1908, though some minor changes were made as improvements; for instance, a make and break spark was used, and a nine-tooth, instead of a ten-tooth magneto gear-wheel was used.
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Grouped about his feet are a gear-wheel, voltaic pile, telegraph key, and telephone.
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Grouped about his feet are a gear-wheel, voltaic pile, telegraph key, and telephone.
Edison, His Life and Inventions Frank Lewis Dyer 1905
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The engine used in 1909 was the same one used in 1908, though some minor changes were made as improvements; for instance, a make and break spark was used, and a nine-tooth, instead of a ten-tooth magneto gear-wheel was used.
Flying Machines: construction and operation; a practical book which shows, in illustrations, working plans and text, how to build and navigate the modern airship Octave Chanute 1871
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The great gear-wheel, sixteen feet in diameter, attached to the centre of this shaft, giving it motion, with its corresponding massive pinion on the engine shaft, were cast and accurately finished at Atlanta.
History of the Confederate Powder Works George Washington Rains 1857
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Now select your phone from the list, and go to the connection settings (its the gear-wheel on the bottom of the window).
Planet Maemo Muhammad Satar 2010
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