lantern wheel

lantern wheel
noun
a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks
Syn: ↑lantern pinion
Hypernyms: ↑pinion

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a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel. Also called lantern pinion, trundle.
[1785-95]

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lantern wheel or lantern pinion noun
A type of cogwheel consisting of pins fastened at each end to circular plates, somewhat like a lantern in appearance
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Main Entry:lantern

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lantern pinion or lantern wheel,
a kind of gear, used especially in clocks. Lantern pinions have a circular top and bottom connected along the circumferences by staves inserted at equal distances, that serve as teeth; trundle; lantern.

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  • Lantern wheel — Lantern Lan tern (l[a^]n t[ e]rn), n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. lampth r light, torch. See {Lamp}.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lantern wheel — a wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel. Also called lantern pinion, trundle. [1785 95] * * * …   Universalium

  • lantern wheel — noun a cylindrical gearwheel …   English new terms dictionary

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  • Lantern pinion — Lantern Lan tern (l[a^]n t[ e]rn), n. [F. lanterne, L. lanterna, laterna, from Gr. lampth r light, torch. See {Lamp}.] 1. Something inclosing a light, and protecting it from wind, rain, etc.; sometimes portable, as a closed vessel or case of horn …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • lantern pinion — or lantern wheel n. an old type of gear consisting of two circular disks connected by projecting bars around their edges * * * …   Universalium

  • lantern pinion — or lantern wheel n. an old type of gear consisting of two circular disks connected by projecting bars around their edges …   English World dictionary

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