SPROCKET Definition & Meaning

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sprocket

[ sprok-it ]

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noun

Machinery.
1. Also called chainwheel,. a toothed wheel engaging with a conveyor or power chain.
2. one tooth of such a wheel.
Carpentry. a wedge-shaped piece of wood extending a sloping roof over the eaves with a flatter pitch.

sprocket

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noun

Also calledsprocket wheel a relatively thin wheel having teeth projecting radially from the rim, esp one that drives or is driven by a chain
an individual tooth on such a wheel
a cylindrical wheel with teeth on one or both rims for pulling film through a camera or projector
a small wedge-shaped piece of wood used to extend a roof over the eaves

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of sprocket¹

First recorded in 1530–40; origin uncertain

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of sprocket¹

C16: of unknown origin

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Once we are into the new year, the sprocket wheel of general election fever will crank around a few notches.

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May 2: Tesla stockholders are dismayed when CEO Elon Musk announces he is changing his name to Spacely and that his company will stop manufacturing electric cars in favor of sprockets.

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Over in a dilapidated shack on the opposite side of the highway, 24-year-old Nasratullah Raihan said much the same as he watched a repairman fiddle with the rear sprocket of his bicycle.

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And I didn’t go home as a junior mechanic assistant thinking, “Why didn’t I use the sprocket wrench?”

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She began by asking through social media for donations to buy a new $65 sprocket to repair the bicycle used by Trayvon Bailey, 38.

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