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Noun: cogwheel  'kóg,weel
  1. A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
    - gear, gear wheel, geared wheel

Derived forms: cogwheels

Type of: wheel

Encyclopedia: Cogwheel

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