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cogwheel
(käg′hwēl′, -wēl′)
noun
a wheel with a rim notched into teeth, which mesh with those of another wheel or of a rack to transmit or receive motion
See cogwheel in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- A toothed wheel.
- One of a set of cogged wheels within a mechanism.
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