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• splocket

語源

Unknown. First attested in the 16th century. Perhaps related to Italian rocchetto (“spool”), spoletta (“spool”), sprone (“spur”), or English spoke, spike, spur.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈspɹɒkɪt/
• 韻: -ɒkɪt

名詞

sprocket (plural sprockets)

1. (mechanical engineering) A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.

   Synonym: sprocket wheel

   Coordinate terms: gear wheel, cogwheel

2. (usually in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
3. (architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
4. A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.

   Synonym: widget

   Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.

使用する際の注意点

Although sprockets are sometimes referred to as gears, there is a technical distinction between the two: sprockets interact with chains, whereas gears interact with other gears.

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参考

• sprocket on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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