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PRONUNCIATION OF RATCHET WHEEL

ratchet wheel  [ˈrætʃɪt wiːl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RATCHET WHEEL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ratchet wheel is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES RATCHET WHEEL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of ratchet wheel in the English dictionary

The definition of ratchet wheel in the dictionary is a toothed wheel inside a ratchet.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RATCHET WHEEL


aiguille
eɪˈɡwiːl
cartwheel
ˈkɑːtˌwiːl
cogwheel
ˈkɒɡˌwiːl
commonweal
ˈkɒmənˌwiːl
flywheel
ˈflaɪˌwiːl
freewheel
ˌfriːˈwiːl
gearwheel
ˈɡɪəˌwiːl
handwheel
ˈhændˌwiːl
pinwheel
ˈpɪnˌwiːl
squeal
skwiːl
thumbwheel
ˈθʌmˌwiːl
tuile
twiːl
tuille
twiːl
weal
wiːl
weel
wiːl
we´ll
wiːl
wheal
wiːl
wheel
wiːl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RATCHET WHEEL

ratany
rataplan
ratatouille
ratbag
ratbaggery
ratbite disease
ratbite fever
ratchet
ratchet effect
rate
rate collector
rate of exchange
rate of flow
rate of growth
rate of return
rate rebate
rate-cap
rate-capped
rate-capping

WORDS THAT END LIKE RATCHET WHEEL

at the wheel
balance wheel
big wheel
Catherine wheel
chain wheel
disc wheel
driving wheel
Ferris wheel
fifth wheel
grinding wheel
heel
medicine wheel
paddle wheel
prayer wheel
rear wheel
spare wheel
spinning wheel
steering wheel
the wheel
wire wheel
worm wheel

Synonyms and antonyms of ratchet wheel in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ratchet wheel» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RATCHET WHEEL

Find out the translation of ratchet wheel to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ratchet wheel from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ratchet wheel» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

棘轮
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rueda de trinquete
570 millions of speakers

English

ratchet wheel
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शाफ़्ट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عجلة اسئلة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

храповое колесо
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

catraca
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

র্যাচিট চাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

roue à rochet
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Roda ratchet
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sperrrad
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

つめ車
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

래칫 휠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Wheel wheel
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bánh cóc
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராட் சக்கரம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

चाचा चाक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Mandal çarkı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ruota a cricco
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koło zapadkowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

храпове колесо
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

roată cu clichet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τροχός καστάνιας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

palwiel
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

spärrhjulet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sperrehjulet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ratchet wheel

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RATCHET WHEEL»

The term «ratchet wheel» is quite widely used and occupies the 43.869 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RATCHET WHEEL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ratchet wheel

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RATCHET WHEEL»

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1
Popular Mechanics
It consists of a ratchet In Position, with Winding Completed aeroplane, and a clamp attached to the propeller and connected with the ratchet wheel by means of a flexible spring. The rubber band is quickly twisted by turning the crank of the  ...
2
The circle of the mechanical arts
... chain, &c, ceases to act, the secondary spring, being placed on a ratchet wheel which is hindered from retrograding by a click, continues the motion of the great wheel without alteration. Other contrivances have been proposed and executed,  ...
Thomas Martin (civil engineer.), 1813
3
Mechatronics: Principles, Concepts and Applications
For every 16 turns of the crank the ratchet wheel turns one complete revolution. Another type of ratchet-pawl mechanism can be seen in the Fig. 7.30 (b). In both the cases, the crank is oscillating in nature. As noticed, there are two pawls; one is ...
Mahalik, 2003
4
Field and Depot Maintenance Manual: Distributor-transmitter ...
Numbering stepping switch pawl and armature alignment requirements. beyond the side of the ratchet wheel adjacent to the wiper springs when the armature is moved in its bearings to both extreme positions. b. Methods of Checking. Shift the  ...
‎1962
5
Repair and Restore Your 400-Day Clock
Remove the ratchet wheel retaining bracket that lies over the mainspring barrel arbor. (See Figure 12.) This piece is normally screwed onto the back plate and its function is to prevent the ratchet wheel on the mainspring arbor from coming ...
Joseph Rabushka, 2010
6
Organization, direct support, and general support ...
WHEEL. RATCHET DRIVE EA 1 7 2 XDOZZ 00569 EA12 .PAWL CARRIER WITH PIN, RATCHET WHEEL DRIVE EA 1 3 XDOZZ 00569 F323R .PAWL RATCHET WHEEL DRIVE EA 1 4 XDOZZ 00569 F323L .PAWL RATCHET WHEEL DRIVE ...
United States. Dept. of the Army, 1983
7
Mechanical Philosophy, Horology and Astronomy
324 RATCHET-WHEEL.— GOING-FUSEE. receive the small ratchet-wheel, d, of which the teeth are so cut as to slant on one side, but to be upright in the other. In the same hollow, there is a movable click or ratchet, b, which is pressed down ...
William Benjamin Carpenter, 1843
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Popular cyclopaedia of natural science (by W.B. Carpenter).
324 RATCHET-WHEEL. — GOING-FUSEE. receive the small ratchet-wheel, d, of which the teeth are so cut as to slant on one side, but to be upright in the other. In the same hollow, there is a movable click or ratchet, b, which is pressed down ...
William Benjamin Carpenter, 1843
9
Popular Science
When the motor is started and run slowly and the automobile is stationary, the weight of the car keeps the drive shaft on which the ratchet wheel is mounted from turning, and the motion of the rotating crank is transmitted to the inertia wheel, ...
10
Journal of the Franklin Institute
The improvement consists in the application of double palls to a ratchet wheel, or a ship's windlass. A horizontal lever is hung on its centre, above the windlass, and two palls, one from each side of the centre pin, fall into the teeth on the same  ...
‎1835

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RATCHET WHEEL»

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This Device Was One of the Most Amusing Failures in Physics
The other end would have a ratchet wheel with many small teeth in it. Holding that wheel in place would be a pawl - a little hook that would let the wheel turn one ... «io9, Apr 14»

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