Cog
noun
A gear or part of a machine which helps it to work.
The cogs in a clock help it keep accurate time.
Often appears as...
- cog in the machine
- cog in the wheel
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Technical
noun
An unimportant person in a large or complex organization.
He felt like a small cog in a big machine.
Often appears as...
- small cog
- cog in the machine
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Disapproving
noun
A gear or part of a machine which helps it to work.
The cogs in a clock help it keep accurate time.
Often appears as...
- cog in the machine
- cog in the wheel
Usage tips
Technical
noun
An unimportant person in a large or complex organization.
He felt like a small cog in a big machine.
Often appears as...
- small cog
- cog in the machine
Usage tips
Disapproving
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Cog refers to the physical gears inside machines and devices.
When you open the back of a watch, you can see the tiny cogs working together.
Pro Tip 2/3Essential Role
Each cog is crucial for the overall function, much like pieces of a puzzle.
If one cog breaks, the entire mechanism could stop working.
Pro Tip 3/3Mechanical Context
Cog is usually used in contexts related to machinery or mechanics.
The engineer explained how the cogs transfer motion within the engine.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Cog refers to the physical gears inside machines and devices.
When you open the back of a watch, you can see the tiny cogs working together.
Pro Tip 2/3Essential Role
Each cog is crucial for the overall function, much like pieces of a puzzle.
If one cog breaks, the entire mechanism could stop working.
Pro Tip 3/3Mechanical Context
Cog is usually used in contexts related to machinery or mechanics.
The engineer explained how the cogs transfer motion within the engine.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Object
Cog refers to the physical gears inside machines and devices.
When you open the back of a watch, you can see the tiny cogs working together.
Pro Tip 2/3Essential Role
Each cog is crucial for the overall function, much like pieces of a puzzle.
If one cog breaks, the entire mechanism could stop working.
Pro Tip 3/3Mechanical Context
Cog is usually used in contexts related to machinery or mechanics.
The engineer explained how the cogs transfer motion within the engine.
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
the analytical engine. Now, just to give you an idea of this, this is a view from above. Every one of these circles is a cog, a stack of cogs, and this thing is as big as a steam locomotive. So as I go through this talk, I want you to imagine this gigantic machine. We heard those wonderful sounds of what this thing would have sounded like.
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Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
functioning system until you've got every cog component back in place and bear in mind in the uk that we have completely sterilized our countryside for years and years and years putting back as much we can is so important so putting the wildcat back in there as part of that very important predator guild is so important
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Science in service to...
Everyone was expected to follow orders coming from the top. Anyone asking questions or offering feedback was unwelcome. The Soviets had created the largest army of engineers the world had ever seen, and yet most of them were mere cogs in a gigantic machine heading for doom.
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The greatest machine...
out in those days that meant saying I bid you good day sir um the thing he designed was this monstrosity here the analytical engine now just to give you an idea this is this is a view from above every one of these circles is a car a stack of cogs and this thing is as big
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Tatanka Means: Playing...
honour to play somebody in history that you know made a profound difference and and he definitely did I think at the beginning he wasn't totally an anti pilgrim but he was more weary for his tribe you know he wants the safety of his people see a cog we pulled the huazi
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Aparna Rao: Art that...
of the external world. So all these real life qualities that I talk about are sort of translated to a very specific technical configuration, and we were very lucky to collaborate with ETH Zurich to develop the first prototype. So you see they extracted the motion cogs
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The exceptional life of...
sat industriously carving cogs and gears out of wood. He pieced the parts together to create the complex inner working of a striking clock that would, hopefully, chime every hour. All he had to help him was a pocket watch for inspiration and his own calculations.
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The Story We Tell About...
We cannot wait for somebody else to get it right. Let us remember what we are capable of; all that we have built with blood, sweat and dreams; all the cogs that keep turning;
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Rare Footage of...
help raise awareness about this little-known species and encourage further protection efforts like the creation of the cog when a sanctuary which happened just last year
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Is Humanity Smart Enough...
gears, cogs and chains, crank-handled machine writing poetry. "Well," said Alan Turing, "Was Lady Lovelace, correct? Could a computer ever be said to originate anything?
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John Graham-Cumming: The...
the analytical engine. Now, just to give you an idea of this, this is a view from above. Every one of these circles is a cog, a stack of cogs, and this thing is as big as a steam locomotive. So as I go through this talk, I want you to imagine this gigantic machine. We heard those wonderful sounds of what this thing would have sounded like.
Video examples
Rescuing the UK's Rarest...
functioning system until you've got every cog component back in place and bear in mind in the uk that we have completely sterilized our countryside for years and years and years putting back as much we can is so important so putting the wildcat back in there as part of that very important predator guild is so important
Video examples
Science in service to...
Everyone was expected to follow orders coming from the top. Anyone asking questions or offering feedback was unwelcome. The Soviets had created the largest army of engineers the world had ever seen, and yet most of them were mere cogs in a gigantic machine heading for doom.
Video examples
The greatest machine...
out in those days that meant saying I bid you good day sir um the thing he designed was this monstrosity here the analytical engine now just to give you an idea this is this is a view from above every one of these circles is a car a stack of cogs and this thing is as big
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Tatanka Means: Playing...
honour to play somebody in history that you know made a profound difference and and he definitely did I think at the beginning he wasn't totally an anti pilgrim but he was more weary for his tribe you know he wants the safety of his people see a cog we pulled the huazi
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Aparna Rao: Art that...
of the external world. So all these real life qualities that I talk about are sort of translated to a very specific technical configuration, and we were very lucky to collaborate with ETH Zurich to develop the first prototype. So you see they extracted the motion cogs
Video examples
The exceptional life of...
sat industriously carving cogs and gears out of wood. He pieced the parts together to create the complex inner working of a striking clock that would, hopefully, chime every hour. All he had to help him was a pocket watch for inspiration and his own calculations.
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The Story We Tell About...
We cannot wait for somebody else to get it right. Let us remember what we are capable of; all that we have built with blood, sweat and dreams; all the cogs that keep turning;
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Rare Footage of...
help raise awareness about this little-known species and encourage further protection efforts like the creation of the cog when a sanctuary which happened just last year
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Is Humanity Smart Enough...
gears, cogs and chains, crank-handled machine writing poetry. "Well," said Alan Turing, "Was Lady Lovelace, correct? Could a computer ever be said to originate anything?
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Tom Robbins
American Author
The brutal truth is, we're scarcely 'educating' children at all. Even if you overlook the guilt, fear, bigotry, and dangerous anti-intellectual flapdoodle being funneled into young brains by schools on the religious right, what we're doing is training kids to be cogs in the wheels of commerce.
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Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.
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Georg Simmel
German Sociologist
The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life.
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Paddy Considine
English Actor
I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
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Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
The invisible pieces of code that form the gears and cogs of the modern machine age, algorithms have given the world everything from social media feeds to search engines and satellite navigation to music recommendation systems.
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Craig Venter
American Scientist
The trouble is the field of science, medicine, universities, biotech companies - you name it - have been so splintered, layers, sub-divided, hacked that people can spend their entire career studying one tiny little cog of life.
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Steve Gleason
American Athlete
If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people and that's pretty cool. I would like to motivate the world.
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Nicholas Galitzine
English Actor
I think I think we are all so unique in our own way, and I think we are all just these tiny, little cogs in this incredibly massive, wonderful universe.
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Ranvir Shorey
Indian Actor
I would like to direct. I am also happy helping other directors realise their vision. I am happy being a cog in a wheel.
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James Gleick
American Author
Patents have long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national soul.
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Tom Robbins
American Author
The brutal truth is, we're scarcely 'educating' children at all. Even if you overlook the guilt, fear, bigotry, and dangerous anti-intellectual flapdoodle being funneled into young brains by schools on the religious right, what we're doing is training kids to be cogs in the wheels of commerce.
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Deborah Tannen
American Sociologist
Communication is a continual balancing act, juggling the conflicting needs for intimacy and independence. To survive in the world, we have to act in concert with others, but to survive as ourselves, rather than simply as cogs in a wheel, we have to act alone.
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Georg Simmel
German Sociologist
The individual has become a mere cog in an enormous organization of things and powers which tear from his hands all progress, spirituality, and value in order to transform them from their subjective form into the form of a purely objective life.
Quote examples
Paddy Considine
English Actor
I don't want to be disrespectful to people who are incredible at their craft, but the truth is, if I didn't get paid for it, I wouldn't act. The best-paying jobs are usually the worst films. You're a very small cog in a big machine.
Quote examples
Hannah Fry
English Mathematician
The invisible pieces of code that form the gears and cogs of the modern machine age, algorithms have given the world everything from social media feeds to search engines and satellite navigation to music recommendation systems.
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Craig Venter
American Scientist
The trouble is the field of science, medicine, universities, biotech companies - you name it - have been so splintered, layers, sub-divided, hacked that people can spend their entire career studying one tiny little cog of life.
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Steve Gleason
American Athlete
If we have a purpose in life beyond being a cog in the human machine, mine is to help inspire people and that's pretty cool. I would like to motivate the world.
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Nicholas Galitzine
English Actor
I think I think we are all so unique in our own way, and I think we are all just these tiny, little cogs in this incredibly massive, wonderful universe.
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Ranvir Shorey
Indian Actor
I would like to direct. I am also happy helping other directors realise their vision. I am happy being a cog in a wheel.
Quote examples
James Gleick
American Author
Patents have long served as a fundamental cog in the American machine, cherished in our national soul.
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