cogwheel

• Roue dentée destinée à engrener avec une autre roue dentée pour transmettre un mouvement ou modifier sa vitesse ou sa direction.

A toothed wheel designed to engage with another toothed mechanism to alter the speed or direction of transmitted motion.

1. Toothed wheelB2formaltechnical

   A wheel with teeth around its edge that fits into another toothed part to transmit motion or change speed and direction in a machine.

   Roue dentée

   • The cogwheel in the clock mechanism turned slowly.
   • Engineers replaced the broken cogwheel in the gearbox.
   • The bicycle chain connects to a cogwheel to drive the rear wheel.

   Synonymescoggeargear wheeltoothed wheel