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WORM WHEEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gear with the thread of a worm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("worm wheel" is a kind of...):
cogwheel; gear; gear wheel; geared wheel (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)
Holonyms ("worm wheel" is a part of...):
worm gear (gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion)
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