bevel gear
A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes and…A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.
Meaning
1 sensesA kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.
- gears that mesh at an angle
Translations
1 languagesForms
plural: bevel gears| Singular | bevel gear |
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regular
Synonyms
2 synonyms- gears that mesh at an angle:pinion and crown wheelpinion and ring gear
See also
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