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worm drive

worm drive noun: a gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel (the worm wheel) to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction and similar torque increase.

worm drive: a gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel (the worm...
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Noun (1)

worm drive (plural worm drives)

  1. A gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel (the worm wheel) to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction and similar torque increase.
    • Meronyms: (the screw component) worm, worm screw; (the wheel component) worm wheel, worm gear
    Synonyms:
    worm and wheel

Noun (2) capitalized: WORM drive

WORM drive (plural WORM drives)

  1. A write once, read many drive; data storage technology that allows information to be written to a disc a single time and prevents the drive from erasing the data.

worm drive meaning in Tamil

worm drive in Tamil

நெளி தண்டு இயக்கம்

Synonyms of worm drive

Forms of worm drive

pluralworm drives
pluralWORM drives

Questions about worm drive

What does worm drive mean?
Worm drive means a gear arrangement consisting of a screw (the worm) whose thread meshes with a gear wheel (the worm wheel) to turn the direction of drive through a right angle, typically with a large (1:10 to 1:60) speed reduction and similar torque increase.
What is worm drive in Tamil?
Worm drive in Tamil is நெளி தண்டு இயக்கம். See Worm drive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is worm drive?
Worm drive is a noun.
What is the plural of worm drive?
The plural of worm drive is worm drives.

Words near worm drive in the dictionary

  1. worm cast
  2. worm castle
  3. worm castles
  4. worm casts
  5. worm charming
  6. worm drive
  7. worm drives
  8. worm fence
  9. worm fences
  10. worm fever
  11. worm fevers

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Adapted from Wiktionary: worm drive (page history and authors); WORM drive (page history and authors); worm drive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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