gearwheel

  • 91track — I. /træk / (say trak) noun 1. a road, path, or trail. 2. the structure of rails, sleepers, etc., on which a railway train or the like runs; a railway line. 3. the mark, or series of marks, left by anything that has passed along. 4. (especially… …

  • 92gear — [n1] equipment accessory, accouterment, adjunct, apparatus, appendage, appurtenance, baggage, belongings, contraption, effects, encumbrances, fittings, habiliment, harness, impedimenta, instrument, kit, kit and kaboodle*, luggage, machinery,… …

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  • 93gear tooth — The indentation on the edge of a gearwheel …

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  • 94helical teeth — curved gear teeth on the edge of a gearwheel, cut at an angle to its axis …

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  • 95hunting tooth — An extra, odd tooth on a gearwheel, designed to ensure the same teeth do not always mesh together, thus reducing wear …

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  • 96idler — [1] A gearwheel between a driving and a driven gear in a gear train which may serve to reverse the original direction of rotation of the driven wheel. [2] A free turning pulley or wheel which serves to maintain tension in a belt drive. Also see… …

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  • 97worm wheel — A gearwheel driven by a worm …

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  • 98mesh — ► NOUN 1) material made of a network of wire or thread. 2) the spacing of the strands of a net. 3) a complex or constricting situation. ► VERB 1) (mesh with) be in harmony with. 2) become entangled or entwined. 3) …

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  • 99strip — Ⅰ. strip [1] ► VERB (stripped, stripping) 1) remove all coverings or clothes from. 2) take off one s clothes. 3) leave bare of accessories or fittings. 4) remove (paint) from a surface with solvent. 5) …

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  • 100tooth — ► NOUN (pl. teeth) 1) each of a set of hard, bony enamel coated structures in the jaws, used for biting and chewing. 2) a projecting part, especially a cog on a gearwheel or a point on a saw or comb. 3) (teeth) genuine force or effectiveness. ●… …

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