sprocket

IPA: sprˈɑkʌt

(mechanical engineering) A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
(usually in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
(architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

Examples of "sprocket" in Sentences

Meanwhile Julie Lewis continues to change the world, one film sprocket at a time.
There is a drop down menu from the top middle bar of your working window (with a little 'sprocket' symbol).
The sprocket appears to make a complete rotation for every hour, which would mean that its the minute drive being used.
The clutter of existence falls away pretty easily when you need all your energy just to turn the pedal sprocket one more revolution.
All you have to do is back off the holding nuts, then use a screwdriver to turn a sprocket in the bar to loosen or tighten the chain as much as you want.
Why, coming home on my bicycle the other day there was an awful row between some infernal 'sprocket' and the 'ball bearings' of the machine, and I never knew before there were such things in the whole concern. "
As the socks and sprocket and all that came with them disappeared in earnest down the block, I flipped the plunger in the air, allowing exactly one revolution, grabbed it by its wooden handle and went inside to get dressed for the day in store.
With the creaking sound of a tired sprocket, I looked up to see Larry Beecher ride by on his ten speed bike for the third time in five minutes; head bent in a slow, yet purposeful pace, pedaled by fifteen dollar tennis shoes, shock white socks stretched with perfection to the knee caps, 70s-style brown sport shorts, yellow mesh tank top, low-worn baseball cap and a pair of mirrored aviator sunglasses.