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- bevel gears
bevel gear
noun
: either of a pair of toothed wheels whose working surfaces are inclined to nonparallel axes
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Because clever Koenigsegg wizard-engineers crammed a bevel gear and two hydraulic clutches up front into an itty-bitty package.
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“Bevel gear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bevel%20gear. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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