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Meanings of sprocket in English

Catalan
pinyó

Thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain.

pinyó
Catalan
dent
Spanish
rueda dentada

Tooth on the rim of gear wheel.

dent

A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.

Usage of sprocket in English
1
Yeah, I remember, the film got caught in a sprocket or something.
Stories: all-new tales
2
This consists of the sprocket gear on the propelling shaft, and the crank.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
3
Fixed on this body is an upright carrying the sprocket B.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
4
The Urban dispenses with the circular, chain-and-sprocket drive of ordinary bicycles.
The new yorker
5
Thankfully the visual metaphor doesn't continue as far as making you engage the sprocket-holes.
Wired
6
The sprocket connection with the chain is shown in Fig.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
7
Key the cranks for turning to the upper sprocket's shaft and all is ready.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
8
The regular cycle chain sprocket is used at B as well as upon the shaft.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
9
This shaft and sprocket wheels drive the paddle wheel by side chains of the bicycle kind.
The Boy Mechanic, Volume 1: 700 Things for Boys to Do
10
The old sprocket was badly worn and the teeth of the gears showed traces of hard usage.
Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile / Being a Desultory Narrativ...
11
I shift to a sprocket in the middle of the gearing range to keep chain tension high.
Wired
12
At Flint another new chain was put on, and also a rear sprocket with new differential gears.
Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile / Being a Desultory Narrativ...
13
That gentleman appears to favour the strenuous life, if one may judge by the size of his sprocket-wheel.
The Red Thumb Mark
14
This is accomplished by means of a sprocket chain gear and a crank connected to the engine shaft.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
15
Dick slowed it down, and then the work of repairing the broken sprocket chain and gear was undertaken.
Dick Hamilton's Airship; Or, A Young Millionaire in the Clouds
16
Rocket was going like a hellhound, and I dreaded what might happen if that chain jumped its sprocket.
Boy’s Life
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Translations for sprocket
Catalan
pinyódent
Sprocket through the time