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Answer for the clue "Toothed disc ", 10 letters:
gear wheel

Word definitions for gear wheel in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion [syn: gear , cogwheel ]

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r), n. [OE. gere, ger, AS. gearwe clothing, adornment, armor, fr. gearo, gearu, ready, yare; akin to OHG. garaw[=i], garw[=i] ornament, dress. See Yare , and cf. Garb dress.] Clothing; garments; ornaments. Array thyself in thy most gorgeous ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. a wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear n. a wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear

Usage examples of gear wheel.

Another reheating, and two solid blows to the unfullered end, and the small gear wheel is forged.

He climbed on the Harley, thumbed the starter button, used the long heavy shift to slide the gear wheel into place, rolled in a little throttle, released the clutch, and rode across the highway.

One time he designed a box full of gears, one of which was a big, eight-inch-diameter gear wheel that had six spokes.

The main gear wheel tore open his body in a dozen places, killing him instantly.

The teeth of a gear wheel emerged and rose higher, soon the whole wheel could be seen.

He pointed to the largest front gear wheel and the largest rear one, and she saw how they did not align.

One wooden gear wheel was mounted vertically, on a large wooden shaft that was turned directly by the water wheel.

Its heavy wooden pegs meshed with the second gear wheel, which was mounted horizontally on the shaft that turned the millstone.

A meter-wide gear wheel, fitted to the end of the drum, meshed with a smaller pinion gear that could be turned by a long crank handle.