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

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bevel gear

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

Twin-cylinder engines, with one crank, are largely used, and some excellent 4-cylinder motor bicycles are made with bevel gear transmission.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

On this vertical shaft there is mounted the water pump and a bevel gear for driving two magnetos.

From Aviation Engines Design?Construction?Operation and Repair by Pag?, Victor Wilfred

When ignition begins, the inclined collars slide back down each other's surfaces, the shaft is again shortened, and its bevel gear springs free of the one on the crankshaft.

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

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