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English 1 sense of the expression worm gear:
NOUNartifactworm geargear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel)
Englishworm gear: 1 sense noun 1, artifact
Meaninggear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion.
Partswormscrew thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack
worm wheelgear with the thread of a worm
Broadergear, gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheelA toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

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