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Sprocket   Listen
noun
Sprocket  n.  (Mach.)
(a)
A tooth or projection, as on the periphery of a wheel, shaped so as to engage with a chain.
(b)
A sprocket wheel.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Sprocket" Quotes from Famous Books



... A represents an outer light-tight box containing a lens, C, and the other necessary mechanism for making the photographic exposures, H and H being cases for holding reels of film before and after exposure, F the long, tape-like film, G a sprocket whose teeth engage in perforations on the edges of the film, such sprocket being adapted to be revolved with an intermittent or step-by-step movement by hand or by motor, and B a revolving shutter having an opening and connected by gears with G, and arranged ...
— Edison, His Life and Inventions • Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin



Words linked to "Sprocket" :   roller, cogwheel, cycle, camera, bicycle, gear, cog, gear wheel, tooth, sprocket wheel, geared wheel, photographic camera, wheel, bike



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