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bevel gear

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. bevel gear (noun)
  2. skew bevel gear (noun)
  3. spiral bevel gear (noun)

bevel gear

noun

Definition of BEVEL GEAR

: either of a pair of toothed wheels whose working surfaces are inclined to nonparallel axes

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First Known Use of BEVEL GEAR

circa 1790

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