cogwheel

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cogwheel

noun cogwheels

A gear wheel. Near-synonyms: cog, gear (often synonymous)
Similar: gear wheel, gearwheel, cog, gear
attributive Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.

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@misc{cogwheel_2026,
  title = {cogwheel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cogwheel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}