Balance wheel
() A wheel which regulates the beats or pulses of a watch or chronometer, answering to the pendulum of a clock |
Balance wheel
() A ratchet-shaped scape wheel, which in some watches is acted upon by the axis of the balance wheel proper (in those watches called a balance). |
Balance wheel
() A wheel which imparts regularity to the movements of any engine or machine |
Bevel gear
() A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet. |
Brush wheel
() A wheel without teeth, used to turn a similar one by the friction of bristles or something brushlike or soft attached to the circumference. |
Brush wheel
() A circular revolving brush used by turners, lapidaries, silversmiths, etc., for polishing. |
Burring machine
() A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances. |
Car wheel
() A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck. |
Catharine wheel
() See catherine wheel. |
Catherine wheel
() Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window. |
Catherine wheel
() A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. |
Chain wheel
() A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel. |
Chain wheel
() An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water. |
Chamfering
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chamfer |
Count-wheel
(n.) The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes. |
Crown wheel
() A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane |
Fudge wheel
() A tool for ornamenting the edge of a sole. |
Gear
(n.) Clothing |
Gear
(n.) Goods |
Gear
(n.) Whatever is prepared for use or wear |
Gear
(n.) The harness of horses or cattle |
Gear
(n.) Warlike accouterments. |
Gear
(n.) Manner |
Gear
(n.) Business matters |
Gear
(n.) A toothed wheel, or cogwheel |
Gear
(n.) An apparatus for performing a special function |
Gear
(n.) Engagement of parts with each other |
Gear
(n.) See 1st Jeer (b). |
Gear
(n.) Anything worthless |
Gear
(v. t.) To dress |
Gear
(v. t.) To provide with gearing. |
Gear
(v. i.) To be in, or come into, gear. |
Gramme machine
() A kind of dynamo-electric machine |
Head gear
(n.) Alt. of Headgear |
Machine
(n.) In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmitted and modified, as a screw and its nut, or a lever arranged to turn about a fulcrum or a pulley about its pivot, etc. |
Machine
(n.) Any mechanical contrivance, as the wooden horse with which the Greeks entered Troy |
Machine
(n.) A person who acts mechanically or at will of another. |
Machine
(n.) A combination of persons acting together for a common purpose, with the agencies which they use |
Machine
(n.) A political organization arranged and controlled by one or more leaders for selfish, private or partisan ends. |
Machine
(n.) Supernatural agency in a poem, or a superhuman being introduced to perform some exploit. |
Machine
(v. t.) To subject to the action of machinery |
Scape-wheel
(n.) The wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play. |
Side-wheel
(a.) Having a paddle wheel on each side |
Sprocket wheel
() Same as Chain wheel. |
Stern-wheel
(a.) Having a paddle wheel at the stern |
Water wheel
() Any wheel for propelling machinery or for other purposes, that is made to rotate by the direct action of water |
Water wheel
() The paddle wheel of a steam vessel. |
Water wheel
() A wheel for raising water |
Wheel
(n.) A circular frame turning about an axis |
Wheel
(n.) Any instrument having the form of, or chiefly consisting of, a wheel. |
wheel bug
Arilus cristatus | large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects |
wheel horse
wheeler | a draft horse harnessed behind others and nearest the wheels of a vehicle |
adding machine
totalizer
totaliser | a calculator that performs simple arithmetic functions |
addressing machine
Addressograph | a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailing |
| answering machine | an electronic device that answers the telephone and records messages |
automatic rifle
automatic machine rifle | light machine gun |
balance wheel
balance | a wheel that regulates the rate of movement in a machine, especially a wheel oscillating against the hairspring of a timepiece to regulate its beat |
| bathhouse bathing machine | a building containing dressing rooms for bathers |
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
bicycle
bike
wheel cycle | a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals |
| bicycle wheel | the wheel of a bicycle |
breathing device
breathing apparatus
breathing machine
ventilator | a device that facilitates breathing in cases of respiratory failure |
Browning machine gun
Peacemaker | a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than rounds per minute, used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War |
| buffing wheel | a wheel that is covered with soft material |
burp gun
machine pistol | a fully automatic pistol, a small submachine gun |
calculator
calculating machine | a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations |
car
auto
automobile
machine motorcar | a motor vehicle with four wheels, usually propelled by an internal combustion engine, he needs a car to get to work |
| car wheel | a wheel that has a tire and rim and hubcap, used to propel the car |
cash machine
cash dispenser
automated teller machine
automatic teller machine
automated teller
automatic teller
ATM | an unattended machine (outside some banks) that dispenses money when a personal coded card is used |
catherine wheel
pinwheel | a circular firework that spins round and round emitting colored fire |
| chafing gear | covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction |
computer
computing machine
computing device
data processor
electronic computer
information processing system | a machine for performing calculations automatically |
daisy print wheel
daisy wheel | a wheel around which is a set of print characters that make a typing impression on paper |
dialyzer
dialysis machine | a medical instrument for separating substances in solution by unequal diffusion through semipermeable membranes |
| diathermy machine | a medical instrument for local heating of bodily tissues for medical purposes |
differential gear
differential | a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds, used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves |
dishwasher
dish washer
dishwashing machine | a machine for washing dishes |
| driving wheel | a wheel that drives a motor vehicle (transforms torque into a tractive force) |
electrostatic generator
electrostatic machine
Wimshurst machine
Van de Graaff generator | electrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricity |
epicyclic train
epicyclic gear train | a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis |
| escape wheel | gear that engages a rocking lever |
facsimile
facsimile machine
fax | duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio |
| farm machine | a machine used in farming |
| Ferris wheel | a vertical rotating mechanism consisting of a large wheel with suspended seats that remain upright as the wheel rotates, provides a ride at an amusement park |
| fifth wheel | a steering bearing that enables the front axle of a horse-drawn wagon to rotate |
| fifth wheel spare | an extra car wheel and tire for a four-wheel vehicle |
first gear
first
low gear
low | the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle, used to start a car moving |
fishing gear
tackle fishing tackle
fishing rig
rig | gear used in fishing |
| foul-weather gear | protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather |
four-wheel drive
WD | a transmission that provides power directly to all four wheels of a motor vehicle |
| four-wheel drive WD | a motor vehicle with a four-wheel drive transmission system |
| franking machine | a machine that automatically stamps letters or packages passing through it and computes the total charge |
| fruit machine | a coin-operated gambling machine that produces random combinations of symbols (usually pictures of different fruits) on rotating dials, certain combinations win money for the player |
gear
gear wheel
geared wheel
cogwheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
gear paraphernalia
appurtenance | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
| gear gear mechanism | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
gearbox
gear box
gear case | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed |
gearing
gear geartrain
power train
train | wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed, the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain |
gearshift
gearstick
shifter
gear lever | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears, in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever |
grinding wheel
emery wheel | a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding |