"roller chain" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roller chains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} roller chain (plural roller chains)
  1. A type of chain drive used to transmit mechanical power in many kinds of machinery, such as conveyors and bicycles, consisting of a series of short cylindrical rollers held together by side links and driven by a sprocket. Wikipedia link: roller chain Translations (chain drive used for transmission of mechanical power): 滾子鏈 (Chinese Mandarin), 滚子链 (gǔnziliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 滾鏈 (Chinese Mandarin), 滚链 (gǔnliàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 鏈子 (Chinese Mandarin), 链子 (liànzi) [informal] (Chinese Mandarin), rullaketju (Finnish), Rollenkette [feminine] (German), ро́ликовая цепь (rólikovaja cepʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cadena [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-roller_chain-en-noun--65wgfgh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for roller chain meaning in English (2.6kB)

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      "word": "滾子鏈"
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      "sense": "chain drive used for transmission of mechanical power",
      "word": "鏈子"
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