bevel gear

bevel gear

bevel gear

n. Either of a pair of gears with teeth surfaces cut so that they can connect unparallel gear shafts.

bevel gear

n (Mechanical Engineering) a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface known as the pitch zone. Two such gears mesh together to transmit power between two shafts at an angle to each other

bev′el gear`

n. a gear having teeth cut into a conical surface, usu. meshing with a similar gear set at right angles.

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bevel gear - gears that mesh at an angle pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring geardifferential gear, differential - a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curvescogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

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