worm gear
Noun
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is a 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 motionhas:
- worm - screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
- worm wheel - gear with the thread of a worm
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