bevel gear

American  

noun

Machinery.

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

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bevel gear British  

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

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Etymology

Origin of bevel gear

First recorded in 1825–35

Example Sentences

To bear up under the higher stress, the PDK’s clutches, gearsets and bevel gear have all been reinforced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Pinion a drives the bevel gear c, which is in one piece with pinion d.

From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

It will be well to fix a little metal screen over the bevel gear to protect it from the weather.

From Things To Make by Williams, Archibald

The right bevel gear is secured to the main countershaft on which two clutches are mounted, one on each side of the crankshaft.

From The 1893 Duryea Automobile In the Museum of History and Technology by Berkebile, Donald H.

This produced a gear somewhat resembling an internal bevel gear, one which could have only the merest contact with its mating pinion.

From The Auburndale Watch Company First American Attempt Toward the Dollar Watch by Battison, Edwin A.