- pinion and crown wheel
- noungears that mesh at an angle• Syn: ↑bevel gear, ↑pinion and ring gear• Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel• Hyponyms: ↑differential gear, ↑differential
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
pinion and ring gear — noun gears that mesh at an angle • Syn: ↑bevel gear, ↑pinion and crown wheel • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel • Hyponyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
crown wheel and pinion — A pair of gears in the final drive of a vehicle, always found in the back axle of a rear wheel drive layout where the pinion is on the end of the propeller shaft driving the crown wheel mounted on the differential at right angles to it, and also… … Dictionary of automotive terms
crown wheel — noun : a crown gear of light construction: as a. : the crown shaped horizontal escape wheel of a verge escapement timepiece b. : a contrate wheel in the winding mechanism of a watch that drives the ratchet wheel and is itself driven by the… … Useful english dictionary
crown wheel — noun In watchmaking, an object of circular shape with contrate teeth, which meshes with the winding pinion and with the ratchet wheel on the barrel arbor used to wind up the watch, respectively, to set the time … Wiktionary
gear wheel — noun a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion • Syn: ↑gear, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel • Hypernyms: ↑wheel • Hyponyms: ↑bevel gear, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
geared wheel — noun a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion • Syn: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑cogwheel • Hypernyms: ↑wheel • Hyponyms: ↑bevel gear, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Wheel train (horology) — In horology, a wheel train (or just train) is the gear train of a mechanical watch or clock.[1] Although the term is used for other types of gear trains, the long history of mechanical timepieces has created a traditional terminology for their… … Wikipedia
pinion — A small, tapered gear which meshes with a larger gear or rack. It is found in two primary places in an automobile: the differential pinion and the rack and pinion steering. See crown wheel and pinion drive pinion inertia pinion planet pinion rack … Dictionary of automotive terms
wheel — Synonyms and related words: BMOC, Charybdis, Ferris wheel, O, Procrustean bed, airscrew, alternate, annular muscle, annulus, areola, arsis, association, aureole, auto, avert, balance wheel, be here again, beat, bed of Procrustes, bevel gear,… … Moby Thesaurus
wheel and pinion — See crown wheel and pinion … Dictionary of automotive terms