Sprocket Definition

sprŏkĭt
sprockets
noun
sprockets
Any of a number of teeth or points, as on the rim of a wheel, arranged to fit into the links of a chain.
Webster's New World
A cylinder with a toothed rim that engages in the perforations of photographic or movie film to pull it through a camera or projector.
American Heritage
A wheel fitted with sprockets on its outer rim, used in a chain drive.
Webster's New World
(usually in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
Wiktionary

(architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.

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Noun

Singular:
sprocket
Plural:
sprockets

Origin of Sprocket

  • Origin unknown

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Sprocket Sentence Examples

  • The oil pump itself is hidden behind the large shiny sprocket.

  • Two equal sprocket wheels Q 1, Q 2, are fastened, the one to the spring pulley, the other to the shaft.

  • The sprocket wheel is connected by a chain with a similar sprocket wheel which is keyed on the same shaft as that of the left-hand pulley.

  • A 15 teeth sprocket will not be in line.

  • When the load to be weighed comes upon the platform, the end of the steelyard rises and unlocks the ratchet wheel through the pawl; the sprocket gearing is driven by the friction clutch, and drives the axle of the left-hand small pulley.

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Words Starting With

SSPSPR

Words Ending With

TETKET

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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