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English noun: worm gear

1. worm gear (artifact) gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion


Broader (hypernym)cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel


Part holonymworm, worm wheel









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