bevel gear

noun

, Machinery.

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

bevel gear

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of bevel gear¹

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

The makers claim that lost motion can be taken up in a bevel gear much better than in a spur gear.

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The large bevel gear on the axle is of the differential type, so as to drive the wheels R R at the proper velocities.

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A bevel gear is frequently used to change the direction of the force.

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A bevel-gear with axles of equal-sized wheels at right angles.

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To construct a pattern wherefrom to cast a bevel gear-wheel.

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