cogwheel

See also: cog wheel

English

Alternative forms

• cog wheel
• cog-wheel

Etymology

cog +‎ wheel

Noun

cogwheel (plural cogwheels)

1. A gear wheel
2. (When used attributively) Something behaving in similar, jerky, manner as a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine

Synonyms

• gear wheel
• cog
• gear

Hypernyms

• wheel

Translations

gear wheel — see gear wheel