HyperDic: rack_and_pinion

English > 1 sense of the expression rack and pinion:
NOUNartifactrack and piniona wheel gear (the pinion) meshes / meshes with a toothed rack
English > rack and pinion: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
MeaningA wheel gear (the pinion) meshes / meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa).
Broadergear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheelA toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
Spanishcremallera y piñón
Catalancremallera i pinyó

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