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sprocket


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sprocket  \Sprock"et\,  n.  [Etymology  uncertain.]  (Mach.) 
  a  A  tooth  or  projection,  as  on  the  periphery  of  a  wheel, 
  shaped  so  as  to  engage  with  a  chain. 
  b  A  sprocket  wheel. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sprocket 
  n  1:  has  teeth  on  the  rims  to  pull  film  or  paper  through 
  2:  thin  wheel  with  teeth  that  engage  with  a  chain  [syn:  {sprocket 
  wheel}] 
  3:  on  the  rim  of  gear  wheel  [syn:  {cog}] 




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