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roller chain

roller chain noun: a type of chain drive used to transmit mechanical power in many kinds of machinery, such as conveyors and bicycles, consisting of a series of short cylindrical rollers held together by side links and driven by a sprocket.

roller chain: a type of chain drive used to transmit mechanical power in many kinds of machinery, such as...
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Noun

roller chain (plural roller chains)

  1. A type of chain drive used to transmit mechanical power in many kinds of machinery, such as conveyors and bicycles, consisting of a series of short cylindrical rollers held together by side links and driven by a sprocket.

roller chain meaning in Tamil

roller chain in Tamil

உருளை இணைவுச்சங்கிலி

Forms of roller chain

pluralroller chains

Questions about roller chain

What does roller chain mean?
Roller chain means a type of chain drive used to transmit mechanical power in many kinds of machinery, such as conveyors and bicycles, consisting of a series of short cylindrical rollers held together by side links and driven by a sprocket.
What is roller chain in Tamil?
Roller chain in Tamil is உருளை இணைவுச்சங்கிலி. See Roller chain meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is roller chain?
Roller chain is a noun.
What is the plural of roller chain?
The plural of roller chain is roller chains.

Words near roller chain in the dictionary

  1. roller bolts
  2. roller boot
  3. roller boots
  4. roller bottle
  5. roller bottles
  6. roller chain
  7. roller chains
  8. roller coaster
  9. roller coasters
  10. roller cone bit
  11. roller cone bits

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Adapted from Wiktionary: roller chain (page history and authors); roller chain (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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