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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[Origin unknown.]

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sprocket

Noun

1. Also called: (sprocket wheel) a wheel with teeth on the rim, that drives or is driven by a chain

2. a cylindrical wheel with teeth on one or both rims for pulling film through a camera or projector [origin unknown]

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

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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.

Translations

sprocket [ˈsprɔkɪt] n (on printer etc) → rueda dentada

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sprocket [ˈsprɔkɪt] n (on printer etc) → picot m

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sprocket [ˈsprɔkɪt] n → Kettenzahnrad nt

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sprocket [ˈsprɔkɪt] n (on printer etc) → dente m; rocchetto