sprocket

English

Sprocket (def. 1)

Cross-section of a mansard roof, with sprocket (def. 3)

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Alternative forms

• splocket

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒkɪt

Noun

sprocket (plural sprockets)

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

   Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.

Usage notes

Although sprockets are sometimes referred to as gears, there is a technical distinction between the two: sprockets interact with chains, whereas gears interact with other gears.

Synonyms

• (placeholder name): widget

Derived terms

• sprocket wheel

Translations

toothed wheel

• Dutch: tandwiel (nl) n
• Finnish: hammaspyörä (fi), ratas (fi)
• French: engrenage (fr) m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: drev (nb) n

  Nynorsk: drev (nn) n

• Russian: цепно́е колесо́ (ru) (cepnóje kolesó) n, звёздочка (ru) (zvjózdočka) f

tooth of such wheel

• Finnish: hammas (fi)

• Russian: зубе́ц (ru) (zubéc) m

extension of roof

• Finnish: lippa (fi)

• French: coyau (fr) m

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: zupčanik (sh)

See also

• Sprocket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia