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

First discarding the old friction drum and shaft, and the shipper-fork carriage, he bolted a rawhide bevel gear to the lower surface of the flywheel.

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

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

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

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.

From Miss Arnott's Marriage by Marsh, Richard