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worm gear definition

worm gear

  1. a gear with teeth designed to mesh with the thread of a worm ()
  2. a mechanism consisting of this gear and a worm ()

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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