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cogwheel

cogwheel noun: a gear wheel.

cogwheel: a gear wheel
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Noun

cogwheel (plural cogwheels)

  1. A gear wheel.
    • Near-synonyms: cog, gear (often synonymous)
  2. (attributive) Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.

cogwheel meaning in Tamil

cogwheel in Tamil

பற்சக்கரம்

Synonyms of cogwheel

Forms of cogwheel

pluralcogwheels

Origin of cogwheel

From cog + wheel.

Words formed from cogwheel

Questions about cogwheel

What does cogwheel mean?
Cogwheel means a gear wheel.
What is cogwheel in Tamil?
Cogwheel in Tamil is பற்சக்கரம். See Cogwheel meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cogwheel?
Cogwheel is a noun.
What is the plural of cogwheel?
The plural of cogwheel is cogwheels.

Words near cogwheel in the dictionary

  1. cogwares
  2. cogway
  3. cogways
  4. Cogwell
  5. Cogwells
  6. cogwheel
  7. cogwheeled
  8. cogwheeling
  9. cogwheels
  10. cogwood
  11. COH

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