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S vs Sprocket - What's the difference?

s | sprocket |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As a noun sprocket is

a toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .

    • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.

    • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    sprocket

    English

    (wikipedia sprocket)

    Alternative forms

    * (l)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
  • (usually, in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
  • (architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
  • A (placeholder name) for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
    • Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 widgets per year, and a sprocket factory that produces 200 sprockets per year.

    Usage notes

    Although sprockets are sometimes referred to as gears , there is a technical distinction between the two: sprockets interact with chains, whereas gears interact with other gears.

    Synonyms

    * (placeholder name) widget

    Derived terms

    * sprocket wheel

    See also

    * (wikipedia "sprocket")