bevel gear
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bevel gear
n.
Either of a pair of gears with teeth surfaces cut so that they can connect unparallel gear shafts.
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bevel gear
n
(Mechanical Engineering) a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other
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bev′el gear`
n.
a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface, usu. meshing with a similar gear set at right angles.
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Noun | 1. | bevel gear - gears that mesh at an angle differential gear, differential - 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 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 |
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bevel gear
n → Kegelradgetriebe nt
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