a gear arrangement in which a worm meshes with a worm gear
worm drive in American English
noun
Machinery
a drive mechanism utilizing a worm gear
Word origin
[1905–10]This word is first recorded in the period 1905–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: airway, jazz, push-up, thiamine, white list
Examples of 'worm drive' in a sentence
worm drive
The tests have been made for the worm drive highlighting the behavior on both flanks of the wormgear face plane.
Claudiu-Ioan BOANTĂ, Vasile BOLOŞ 2015, 'Experimental Research Concerning the Contact Patch of the Worm Face Gear with ModifiedGeometry', Scientific Bulletin of the ''Petru Maior" University of Tîrgu Mureșhttp://scientificbulletin.upm.ro/papers/2015-2/02%20Experimental%20research%20Boanta%20Bolos.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)