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Definition of pitch circle - 1 dictionary result

pitch circle

–noun Machinery.
an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear.
Also called pitch line.


Origin:
1810–20
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