: a toothed wheel gearing with the thread of a worm
Examples of worm wheel in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebAlso, the gear geometry is such that, when the saw is on, the worm gear can turn the worm wheel, but not the other way around.—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 18 Mar. 2021
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