lantern pinion

lantern wheel

n (Horology) a type of gearwheel, now used only in clocks, consisting of two parallel circular discs connected by a number of pins running parallel to the axis

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lantern pinion - a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clockslantern wheelpinion - a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack

lantern pinion

[′lan·tərn ‚pin·yən] (design engineering) A pinion with bars (between parallel disks) instead of teeth.

lantern pinion

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Synonyms for lantern pinion

noun a small pinion having cylindrical bars instead of teeth, used chiefly in inexpensive clocks

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lantern wheel

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pinion

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