friction gearing

friction gearing
noun also friction gear
: a gearing for transmitting motion by surface friction instead of by teeth

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wheels or disks transmitting power by means of frictional contact.
[1885-90]

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friction gear or friction gearing,
a set of gears without teeth in which one wheel presses against another and causes it to turn. Friction gears provide uniform power, but not as much power as toothed gears.

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