Gears vs. Sprocket
Gearsnoun
plural of gear
Gearsnoun
wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed;
Sprocketnoun
A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
Sprocketnoun
The tooth of such a wheel.
Sprocketnoun
(architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
Sprocketnoun
A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
Sprocketnoun
A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel, shaped so as to engage with a chain.
Sprocketnoun
roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through
Sprocketnoun
thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain
Sprocketnoun
tooth on the rim of gear wheel
Sprocket
A sprocket, sprocket-wheel or chainwheel is a profiled wheel with teeth that mesh with a chain, track or other perforated or indented material. The name 'sprocket' applies generally to any wheel upon which radial projections engage a chain passing over it.
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