sprocket

Signification (Anglais)

  1. A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
  2. (plural-normally) The tooth of such a wheel.
  3. A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
  4. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

Synonymes

sprocket wheel

sprocket-wheel

chain gear

rag-wheel

chain pulley

rag wheel

sprocket gear

carrier wheel

sprocked gear wheel

star pinion

chain wheel

Traductions

Zahnkranz

Kettenrad

Radzahn

Sprossenrad

Stachelrad

Turas

δόντι τροχού

αλυσοτροχός

ruota dentata

rondsel

Fréquence

44k
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/spɹɒkɪt/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.

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