NOUN | artifact | rack and pinion | a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes / meshes with a toothed rack |
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Meaning | A wheel gear (the pinion) meshes / meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa). | |
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Broader | gear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel | A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
Spanish | cremallera y piñón | |
Catalan | cremallera i pinyó |
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