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WORM WHEEL

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Dictionary entry overview: What does worm wheel mean?

• WORM WHEEL (noun)
The noun WORM WHEEL has 1 sense:

1. gear with the thread of a worm

Familiarity information: WORM WHEEL used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• WORM WHEEL (noun)

Sense 1

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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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