sprocket
IPA: sprˈɑkʌt
noun
- (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.
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Examples of "sprocket" in Sentences
- The front sprocket provided the drive.
- The train has chained wheels and and sprocket.
- A damaged sprocket in the projector needs to be fixed.
- As the second sprocket is rotated, the saw blade reciprocates.
- Preferably, the teeth form part of an idler sprocket engaging the chain.
- A chain and sprocket mechanism connects the crankshaft to the rear wheel.
- The chain is in meshing engagement with sprockets at opposite ends of the bin.
- The incline of the boom is controlled by means of chains, sprockets and gears.
- A sprocket wheel is mounted between one of the crank arms and the hub housing.
- The cyclist would need to adjust the lever to center the chain on the sprocket.
- 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.