A gear wheel, the cogs of which engage with those of a larger toothed wheel or of a rack, so that motion is imparted form one to the other; in a pair or set of gears, the smaller gear.
【机】(与大齿轮相接的)小齿轮;副齿轮。
pinion 2
n.
The last group of bones of a bird's wing, corresponding to the human hand and wrist.