pitch cone
noun Machinery.
See under pitch surface.
Words nearby pitch cone
pitch accent,
pitch and putt,
pitch chain,
pitch chisel,
pitch circle,
pitch cone,
pitch cylinder,
pitch in,
pitch into,
pitch lake,
pitch line
Definition for pitch cone (2 of 2)
pitch surface
noun
(in a gear or rack) an imaginary surface forming a plane (pitch plane), a cylinder (pitch cylinder), or a cone or frustrum (pitch cone) that moves tangentially to a similar surface in a meshing gear so that both surfaces travel at the same speed.
Origin of pitch surface
First recorded in 1885–90