cogs
Wheel's biting edges
Cogs are the teeth on a gear wheel that mesh with other teeth to transmit motion.
By extension, a cog is a small but necessary part of a larger system: just a cog in the machine.
The phrase suggests being replaceable and insignificant within a vast mechanism—useful but interchangeable.
Enamel-covered chewing structures
- sprocketToothed wheel for chains
- pinionToothed wheel, small
- wheelRotating circular frame
- spurIncentive or heel device
helical · bevel · worm · rack · meshing · rotation · torque · gearing
Interlocking open weave
- engageActively participate or connect
- fitProper or healthy
- connectJoin or link
- synchronizeAlign timing precisely
turn · spin · interlock · enmesh · dovetail · intermesh · click · catch
Power-driven working device
- mechanismMeans by which something operates
- pulleyGrooved wheel for rope
- axleShaft for wheel rotation
- leverPivoting bar for lifting
bearing · chain · drive · transmission · lubrication · clutch · driveshaft · linkage
Industrial production facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- workforceAll available workers
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- productionMaking or generating something
conveyor · industrialization · machinist · blue-collar · worker · plant · workshop · mill
Portable timekeeping device
- clockDevice displaying time
- timepieceHour-measuring device
- horologyTimekeeping science and craft
- mainspringClock's power coil
escapement · movement · winding · tick · precision · Swiss · antique · mechanical
Element of a system
- partPiece of whole
- pieceA portion or segment
- contributorOne who provides something
- playerGame participant
functionary · worker · role · unit · element · member · participant · operative
teeth
Enamel-covered chewing structures
spur · helical · bevel · worm · rack · meshing · rotation · torque · gearing · toothed
mesh
Interlocking open weave
synchronize · turn · spin · interlock · enmesh · dovetail · intermesh · click · catch · grip
machine
Power-driven working device
lever · bearing · chain · drive · transmission · lubrication · clutch · driveshaft · linkage · assembly
factory
Industrial production facility
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- workforceAll available workers
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
production · conveyor · industrialization · machinist · blue-collar · worker · plant · workshop · mill · foundry
watch
Portable timekeeping device
mainspring · escapement · movement · winding · tick · precision · Swiss · antique · mechanical · intricate
component
Element of a system
- partPiece of whole
- pieceA portion or segment
- contributorOne who provides something
player · functionary · worker · role · unit · element · member · participant · operative · subordinate
- mechanical thinkinggears, clockwork, machinery, apparatus, algorithmic
- clockworksmainspring, escapement, pendulum, gears, balance wheel
- Industrial Imagerymachinery, factories, smokestacks, assembly lines, gears
- machineryengine, machinery, industrial machinery, motors, engines
- windmillsblades, Dutch windmills, rotor, tower mill, sails
- pointspoint, points, peak, peaks, tip
cogsleaders
Those with authority
bosses · executives · decision-makers · movers and shakers · kingpins
- cog wheelToothed rotating machine part
- cog railwayGear-driven mountain train system