|
  • Search Results
  • Advanced Search
  • List Builder
  • Random Word

rack and pinion

DEFINITIONS OF: rack and pinion

1

n a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)

Type of:
cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheel
a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
Launch
WORD FAMILY
USAGE EXAMPLES