CROWN WHEEL

  

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CROWN WHEEL

Definition: CROWN WHEEL

CROWN WHEEL

1. See in the Vocabulary.

2. A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definition: CROWN WHEEL

DomainDefinition

Mechanical Engineering

Cogwheel with its teeth on the plane of the wheel's circle instead of on its circumference. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. A wheel driven by a pinion, notably in the drive of a ball mill. Largest wheel of any reduction gear. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: CROWN WHEEL

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Circularity

Circle, circlet, ring, areola, hoop, roundlet, annulus, annulet, bracelet, armlet; ringlet; eye, loop, wheel; cycle, orb, orbit, rundle, zone, belt, cordon, band; contrate wheel, crown wheel; hub; nave; sash, girdle, cestus, cincture, baldric, fillet, fascia, wreath, garland; crown, corona, coronet, chaplet, snood, necklace, collar; noose, lasso, lassoo.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: CROWN WHEEL

English words defined with "CROWN WHEEL": Face wheel. (references)
Specialty definitions using "CROWN WHEEL": BARREL-BRIDGE ASSEMBLERCROWN-WHEEL ASSEMBLER. (references)

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Expression: CROWN WHEEL

Expression using "CROWN WHEEL": pinion and crown wheel. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: CROWN WHEEL

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

crown wheel

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: CROWN WHEEL

Language Translations for "CROWN WHEEL"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

корона (corona, crown, diadem). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kronhjul (dog wheel, ratchet wheel). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

kroonwiel (bull gear, dog wheel, ratchet wheel). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

tasauspyörästön iso vetopyörä (dog wheel, ratchet wheel), kruunuhammaspyörä (dog wheel, ratchet wheel). (various references)

   

French

  

roue rochet, roue cliquet. (various references)

   

German

  

Differentialkegelrad (dog wheel, ratchet wheel), Differentialantriebskegelrad (dog wheel, ratchet wheel). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

κωνικός οδοντωτός τροχός (dog wheel, gear, gear pinion, ratchet wheel, tooth wheel). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

koronakerék. (various references)

   

Italian

  

ponte della ruota a corona (crown wheel bridge). (various references)

   

Manx

  

queeyl chrooinagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

owncray eelwhay

   

Portuguese

  

coroa (chaplet, circle, coronal, crown, diadem, dollar, garland, krone, rim, ring, wreath). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

коронная шестерня (crown-wheel). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

corona dentada (dog wheel, ratchet wheel, spur, studded ring, toothed rim), rueda dentada de corona (dog wheel, ratchet wheel). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

krondrev (dog wheel, ratchet wheel), kardandrev (dog wheel, ratchet wheel). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

коронна шестірня. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: CROWN WHEEL

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-h-l-n-o-r-w-w"

-3 letters: echelon, nowhere, welcher, wencher, whereon.

-4 letters: cheero, chewer, choler, cloner, cohere, cornel, crenel, creole, crewel, echoer, encore, erenow, hereon, howler, lecher, lechwe, rechew, reecho, whence, wrench.

-5 letters: ceorl, cheer, chore, clone, clown, cower, creel, crone, crown, enrol, hence, heron, hewer, honer, leech, leone, loner, lower, nerol, newel, newer, ocher, ochre, owner, recon, renew.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Expressions
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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