herringbone gear: Meaning and Definition of

her'ringbone gear"

Pronunciation: [key]
  1. a helical gear having teeth that lie on the pitch cylinder in a-shaped form so that one half of each tooth is on a right-handed helix and the other half on a left-handed helix. Also called
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