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

Method of finding the curves of, for bevel gear 22 Gear-Wheels.

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The bevel gears are well protected from dust and fly by a cover, and the Builder screw itself is provided with a cleaner which prevents the collection of dirt in the threads.

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Does away with all the trigonometry and fancy figuring on bevel gears, and makes it easy for anyone to lay them out or make them just right.

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She had intended to go for a long run to-day, but yesterday something had all at once gone wrong with the differential, the clutch, the bevel gear or something or other.

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With the bevel gears now engaged the engine may be cranked.

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