WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
lan′tern wheel′,
- Mechanical Engineeringa wheel, used like a pinion, consisting essentially of two parallel disks or heads whose peripheries are connected by a series of bars that engage with the teeth of another wheel. Also called lan′tern pin′ion, trundle.
- 1785–95
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