wheelwork

wheel·work  (hwlwûrk, wl-)

n.

An arrangement of gears or wheels in a mechanical device.

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Noun

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wheelwork - mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears) gearing, geartrain, power train, gear, train - wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles