HyperDic: lantern_wheel

English > 1 sense of the expression lantern wheel:
NOUNartifactlantern wheel, lantern piniona small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks
English > lantern wheel: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks.
Synonymlantern pinion
BroaderpinionA gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh / mesh with a larger / larger wheel or rack

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