- angle of obliquity
- or angle of pressure
: the angle that the line of pressure or of action of two gear teeth in contact makes with the tangent at the point of contact of the two pitch circles
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
angle of obliquity
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angle of pressure — see angle of obliquity … Useful english dictionary
obliquity — [ə blik′wə tē] n. pl. obliquities [ME obliquitee < L obliquitas] 1. the state or quality of being oblique 2. an oblique statement, action, etc. 3. a turning aside from moral conduct or sound thinking 4. Astron. the angle between the planes of… … English World dictionary
angle — [n1] shape formed by two lines meeting at a point bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, decline, divergence, dogleg, edge, elbow, flare, flection, flexure, fork, incline, intersection, knee, nook, notch, obliquity, point, slant, turn, turning, twist … New thesaurus
Obliquity — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Obliquity >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 obliquity obliquity inclination slope slant crookedness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 slopeness slopeness Sgm: N 1 leaning leaning &c. >V. Sgm: N … English dictionary for students
obliquity — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Slanting position Nouns 1. obliquity, obliqueness, deviation, divergence; inclination, slope, slant; crookedness; leaning; bevel, tilt; bias, list, swag, cant, twist, distortion; bend (see curvature);… … English dictionary for students
angle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. corner (See angularity); aspect, guise, point of view; approach. See appearance. v. i. fish. See pursuit. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Figure or plane formed at an intersection] Syn. notch, flare, crotch,… … English dictionary for students
obliquity of the ecliptic — noun see obliquity 2b * * * obliquity of the ecliptic noun (astronomy) The angle between the plane of the earth s orbit and that of the earth s equator • • • Main Entry: ↑oblique … Useful english dictionary
Angle of declination — Declination Dec li*na tion, n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d[ e]clination a decadence. See {Declension}.] 1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head. [1913 Webster] 2. The act or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obliquity — noun (plural ties) Date: 15th century 1. deviation from moral rectitude or sound thinking 2. a. deviation from parallelism or perpendicularity; also the amount of such deviation b. the angle between the planes of the earth s equator and orbit… … New Collegiate Dictionary
obliquity — obliquitous, adj. /euh blik wi tee, oh blik /, n., pl. obliquities. 1. the state of being oblique. 2. divergence from moral conduct, rectitude, etc.; immorality, dishonesty, or the like. 3. an instance of such divergence. 4. mental perversity. 5 … Universalium
