Definitions

1. noun

A wheel or cylinder, especially one with teeth, used in clocks, watches, or other mechanisms to measure time or count revolutions.

“The clockmaker needed to adjust the troch to keep accurate time.”

2. noun

A toothed wheel or cogwheel, especially one used in a clock or watch.

“The engineer designed a troch to connect the motor to the gear system.”

3. noun

A type of ancient Greek meter consisting of four iambs.

“The poet experimented with different trochi in her new poem.”