sprocket

sprock·et  (sprkt)

n.

1. Any of various toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain.

2. A cylinder with a toothed rim that engages in the perforations of photographic or movie film to pull it through a camera or projector.

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sprocket [ˈsprɒkɪt]

n

1. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) Also called sprocket wheel a relatively thin wheel having teeth projecting radially from the rim, esp one that drives or is driven by a chain

2. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) an individual tooth on such a wheel

3. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a cylindrical wheel with teeth on one or both rims for pulling film through a camera or projector

4. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Building) a small wedge-shaped piece of wood used to extend a roof over the eaves

[of unknown origin]

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In naval mine warfare, an anti-sweep device included in a mine mooring to allow a sweep wire to pass through the mooring without parting the mine from its sinker.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sprocket - roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through camera, photographic camera - equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other) roller - a cylinder that revolves
	2.	sprocket - thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain sprocket wheel bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel - a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
	3.	sprocket - tooth on the rim of gear wheel       cog cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion tooth - something resembling the tooth of an animal

Translations

sprocket [ˈsprɒkɪt]

A. N → rueda f de espigas

B. CPD sprocket feed N → avance m por rueda de espigas
sprocket wheel N → rueda f de cadena

sprocket [ˈsprɒkɪt] n

(also sprocket wheel) → roue f dentée

(= tooth on wheel) → dent f

sprocket

n

(= tooth) → Zahn m

(= sprocket wheel) → Kettenrad nt; (on bicycle) → Kettenzahnrad nt, → Zahnkranz m; (Film) → Greifer m; (on printer etc) → Stachelrad nt

sprocket [ˈsprɒkɪt] n (on printer, bicycle) → dente m, rocchetto

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sprocket [ˈsprɒkɪt] n (on printer, bicycle) → dente m, rocchetto