brass gears
Golden-hued machine parts
Brass gears are toothed wheels made of brass, used in clockwork, instruments, and machinery where corrosion resistance and low friction matter.
The phrase evokes Victorian-era mechanisms and steampunk aesthetics—the visible innards of elaborate machines: The clock's brass gears gleamed through the glass case.
- cogsProjections on a wheel
- clockworkSpring-driven gear system
- pocket watchPortable chain-attached timepiece
- grandfather clockTall freestanding pendulum timekeeper
- steampunkRetrofuturistic Victorian science fiction
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mechanical sophistication
brass gearsdigital circuits
Systems using binary states
microprocessors · solid-state drives · belt drives · leather straps · hydraulic systems
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