- endless worm
- endless gearing, endless screw or endless worm nounAn arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread gears into a wheel with skew teeth• • •Main Entry: ↑end
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endless gearing — endless gearing, endless screw or endless worm noun An arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread gears into a wheel with skew teeth • • • Main Entry: ↑end … Useful english dictionary
endless screw — endless gearing, endless screw or endless worm noun An arrangement for producing slow motion in machinery, consisting of a screw whose thread gears into a wheel with skew teeth • • • Main Entry: ↑end … Useful english dictionary
worm gear — noun gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion • Hypernyms: ↑gear, ↑gear wheel, ↑geared wheel, ↑cogwheel • Part Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
worm — /wɜm / (say werm) noun 1. Zoology any of the long, slender, soft bodied bilateral invertebrates including the flatworms, roundworms, acanthocephalans, nemerteans, and annelids. 2. (in popular language) any of numerous small creeping animals with… …
Endless screw — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
worm — Screw Screw (skr[udd]), n. [OE. scrue, OF. escroue, escroe, female screw, F. [ e]crou, L. scrobis a ditch, trench, in LL., the hole made by swine in rooting; cf. D. schroef a screw, G. schraube, Icel. skr[=u]fa.] 1. A cylinder, or a cylindrical… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
worm gear — /ˈwɜm gɪə/ (say werm gear) noun Machinery 1. → worm wheel. 2. a worm wheel together with the endless screw forming a device by which the rotary motion of one shaft can be transmitted to another shaft at right angles to it …
worm wheel — /ˈwɜm wil/ (say werm weel) noun Machinery a toothed wheel which engages with a revolving worm, or endless screw, in order to receive or impart motion. Compare worm gear (def. 2) …
Endless chain — Chain Chain (ch[=a]n), n. [F. cha[^i]ne, fr. L. catena. Cf. {Catenate}.] 1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
endless screw — sliekas statusas T sritis automatika atitikmenys: angl. endless screw; worm screw vok. Schnecke, f rus. червяк, m pranc. vis sans fin, f; vis tangente, f … Automatikos terminų žodynas
