: a gear of a worm and a worm wheel working together
Illustration of worm gear
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Examples of worm gear in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebLater, Winslow and Horn watched their students delight in displays demonstrating the power of air pressure and the workings of a worm gear invented by Leonardo da Vinci.—Joanna Slater, Washington Post, 23 June 2024 Also, 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 And the saw should have more than enough power to handle typical dados, thanks to the 15-amp worm gear motor that powers it.—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 24 Feb. 2021
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