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cogwheel

noun

Meaning

  1. A gear wheel
  2. (When used attributively) Something behaving in similar, jerky, manner as a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine

Etymology / origin

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Related words

gear wheel(English)gear(English)cog wheel(English)cog-wheel(English)pinwheel(English)gearwheel(English)cog mill(English)scroll wheel(English)cog(English)rigidity(English)symbolizes(English)rack(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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