SPROCKET


Meaning of SPROCKET in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsprä-kət ]

noun

Etymology: origin unknown

Date: 1886

1. : a toothed wheel whose teeth engage the links of a chain

2. : a cylinder with teeth around the circumference at either end that project through perforations in something (as motion-picture film) to move it through a mechanism (as a projector)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.