PINION AND CROWN WHEEL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pinion and crown wheel mean? 

• PINION AND CROWN WHEEL (noun)
  The noun PINION AND CROWN WHEEL has 1 sense:

1. gears that mesh at an angle

  Familiarity information: PINION AND CROWN WHEEL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PINION AND CROWN WHEEL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gears that mesh at an angle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bevel gear; pinion and crown wheel; pinion and ring gear

Hypernyms ("pinion and crown wheel" is a kind of...):

cogwheel; gear; gear wheel; geared wheel (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pinion and crown wheel"):

differential; differential gear (a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves)