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contrate

contrate adjective: having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.

Adjective

contrate (not comparable)

  1. Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.
    • a contrate wheel, or crown wheel

Origin of contrate

See contra-.

Questions about contrate

What does contrate mean?
Contrate means having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it.
What part of speech is contrate?
Contrate is an adjective.

Words near contrate in the dictionary

  1. contrasuggestible
  2. contrasuppression
  3. contrasuppressor
  4. contrasuppressors
  5. contratabular
  6. contrate
  7. contratempo
  8. contratenor
  9. contratenors
  10. contraterrene
  11. contravallation

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