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1. n. gear 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 Source: wordnet

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worm wheel axis changes consisting direction gear meshes motion rotary screw shaft thread toothed

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