piñón — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
piñón is used for these senses in English:
- gear wheel (mechanics) A wheel with a toothed rim, intended to engage with others, or similar equipment, to form a gear.
- pine nut The edible seed of any of several species of evergreen pine, especially Pinus pinea, Pinus cembra, and Pinus cembroides.
- pinion (mechanical engineering) The smallest gear in a gear train.
- sprocket (mechanical engineering) A toothed wheel that enmeshes with a chain or other perforated band.
- sprocket (usually, in the plural) The tooth of such a wheel.
pinion — full definition
- noun The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
- noun Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
- noun A moth of the genus Lithophane.
sprocket — full definition
- noun A toothed wheel that meshes with a chain or perforated belt to drive it.
- noun A placeholder name used for a generic, unspecified, or made-up product.