gear wheel

Definition of Gear Wheel in English :

a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Gear Wheel

noun

1.

a person who idles

2. another name for idle pulley, idle wheel

3. nautical

a ship's crew member, such as a carpenter, sailmaker, etc, whose duties do not include standing regular watches

noun

1.

a person who wastes time and does no work; lazy person

2.

a gear placed between two others to transfer motion from one to the other without changing their direction or speed

: also idler gear (or wheel), idle wheel

3.

a pulley riding loosely on a shaft, pressing against a belt to guide it or take up the slack

: also idler pulley

n.

A wheel with a toothed rim.