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WORM GEAR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does worm gear mean?
• WORM GEAR (noun)
The noun WORM GEAR has 1 sense:
1. gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
Familiarity information: WORM GEAR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("worm gear" 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)
Meronyms (parts of "worm gear"):
worm (screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack)
worm wheel (gear with the thread of a worm)
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