worm wheel

/wərm wil/
/wərm hwil/
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Other forms: worm wheels

Definitions of worm wheel
  1. noun
    gear with the thread of a worm
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    type 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
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