worm gear
or wormgear
a mechanism consisting of a worm engaging with and driving a worm wheel, the two axes usually being at right angles, used where a relatively low speed and a relatively large amplification of power are desired.
Also called worm wheel. a gear wheel driven by a worm.
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How to use worm gear in a sentence
Other bearings and worm gear of automatic device should be oiled with soft oil.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonA worm gear is one in which one of the members is in the form of a screw.
Motion Picture Operation, Stage Electrics and Illusions | Henry C. HorstmannSuch a worm gear will, I fancy, outwear a dozen of the scientific sort.
Why—why we know that this is a metal double enveloping worm gear.
No Moving Parts | Murray F. YacoOf these the best known are the block and tackle, the endless screw (worm gear), and the water snail, or Archimedean screw.
The Story of Great Inventions | Elmer Ellsworth Burns
British Dictionary definitions for worm gear
a device consisting of a threaded shaft (worm) that mates with a gearwheel (worm wheel) so that rotary motion can be transferred between two shafts at right angles to each other
Also called: worm wheel a gearwheel driven by a threaded shaft or worm
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