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Hooke's gearing

Hooke's gearing noun: a spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

Noun

Hooke's gearing (plural not attested)

  1. (no plural) A spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

Origin of Hooke's gearing

So called from the inventor.

Questions about Hooke's gearing

What does Hooke's gearing mean?
Hooke's gearing means a spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.
What part of speech is Hooke's gearing?
Hooke's gearing is a noun.

Words near Hooke's gearing in the dictionary

  1. hookbill
  2. hookbills
  3. hooke
  4. Hooke's atom
  5. Hooke's atoms
  6. Hooke's gearing
  7. Hooke's law
  8. Hookean
  9. hookear sculpin
  10. hookear sculpins
  11. hookeared

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