spur gear
noun Machinery.
a gear having straight teeth cut on the rim parallel to the axis of rotation.
Also called
spur wheel.
Origin of spur gear
First recorded in 1815–25
Words nearby spur gear
spunky,
spunware,
spur,
spur blight,
spur gall,
spur gear,
spur gearing,
spur on,
spur track,
spur veins,
spur wheel
Example sentences from the Web for spur gear
It will be seen that the sixteen cams are forged integrally with the shaft and that it is spur-gear driven.
Aviation Engines |Victor Wilfred Pag
British Dictionary definitions for spur gear
spur gear
spur wheel
noun
a gear having involuted teeth either straight or helically cut on a cylindrical surface. Two such gears are used to transmit power between parallel shafts