gearwheel

or gear wheel

[ geer-hweel, -weel ]

noun

1. a wheel having teeth or cogs that engage with those of another wheel or part; cogwheel.

gearwheel

/ ˈɡɪəˌwiːl /

noun

1. another name for gear

Word History and Origins

Origin of gearwheel¹

First recorded in 1870–75; gear + wheel

Example Sentences

Among hundreds of men wearing turbans and topees at Karachi’s main train station, Muhammad Arshad stood out in his blue baseball cap with Rotary’s bright yellow gearwheel.

From New York Times

The continual restlessness of his great mind can be seen in the numerous sheets on which he had sketched, say, a gearwheel mechanism, only to move swiftly on to a series of male nudes or a study of ocean waves without even changing paper.

From Time Magazine Archive

As the optional link JK held the gearwheel centers always equidistant, the annular guide G was not used.

From Project Gutenberg

First take the case of a small gearwheel, say 1 in. outside diameter and 1/16 in. thick, with twenty-four teeth.

From Project Gutenberg