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

In either case the bevel gear wheels z, z′ operate, respectively, a vertical screw engaging a nut on the cross-head.

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

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.

Into the rack j fits the worm wheel k, at the bottom of the shaft of which is a pair of bevel gear wheels l, which are operated by the hand wheel m.

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

On the other, or front end of the shaft which carries the gear, D, is a bevel gear by which another bevel gear and worm is turned.

From Scientific American, Volume 17, No. 26 December 28, 1867 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures. by Various