pitch cylinder
noun Machinery.
See under pitch surface.
Words nearby pitch cylinder
pitch and putt,
pitch chain,
pitch chisel,
pitch circle,
pitch cone,
pitch cylinder,
pitch in,
pitch into,
pitch lake,
pitch line,
pitch on
Definition for pitch cylinder (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
British Dictionary definitions for pitch cylinder
pitch cylinder
noun
an imaginary cylinder passing through, and coaxial with, the threads of a screw so that its intersection with opposite flanks of any groove is equal to half the thread pitch