1
: a toothed wheel whose teeth engage the links of a chain
2
: a cylinder with teeth around the circumference at either end that project through perforations in something (such as movie film) to move it through a mechanism (such as a projector)
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The decorations matched the space’s industrial aura: chandeliers fashioned from Edison bulbs, chains and sprockets; industrial metal shelves stacked with bottles of Captain Morgan and Grey Goose behind the bar.
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Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Watch for the front and rear sprockets expanding and contracting.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2023
When force is applied, the pulleys move out and the sprocket as a whole expands.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2023
Le Prince and his assistants devised a mechanism whereby pins installed in the projector’s rotating drums would engage with sprocket holes on the edges of the film.
—Nat Segnit, Harper's Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022
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Jesús Rodríguez, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
Watch for the front and rear sprockets expanding and contracting.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2023
When force is applied, the pulleys move out and the sprocket as a whole expands.
—Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 30 Nov. 2023
Le Prince and his assistants devised a mechanism whereby pins installed in the projector’s rotating drums would engage with sprocket holes on the edges of the film.
—Nat Segnit, Harper's Magazine, 4 Mar. 2022
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“Sprocket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sprocket. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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sprocket
noun
sprock·et
ˈspräk-ət 
1
: one of many points that stick up on the rim of a wheel shaped so as to fit into the links of a chain
2
: a wheel having sprockets
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