sprocket : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sprocket	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sprocket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sprocket n roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through thin wheel with teeth that engage with a chain Synonym(s): sprocket, sprocket wheel tooth on the rim of gear wheel Synonym(s): cog, sprocket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sprocket \Sprock"et\, n. [Etymology uncertain.] (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.