differential gear

differential gear

noun Machinery.
1.
differential (def. 7).
2.
any of various comparable arrangements of gears, as an epicyclic train.

Origin:
1885–90
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differential gear
 
n
the epicyclic gear mounted in the driving axle of a road vehicle that permits one driving wheel to rotate faster than the other, as when cornering

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