differential gear

noun

Machinery.

differential gear

the epicyclic gear mounted in the driving axle of a road vehicle that permits one driving wheel to rotate faster than the other, as when cornering

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First recorded in 1885–90

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Examples have not been reviewed.

They also developed ball bearings, pneumatic tyres, differential gears and brakes.

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The work W is a casing for the differential gears of an automobile.

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The large set-screws holding the two halves of the rear-axle in the differential gears had worked loose and the right half was steadily working out.

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In a rear-steerer which has not an open front, whether driven by a clutch or by differential gear, I fail to discover any good quality.

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"The nuts firm, the brakes in order, the sprockets running true with the differential gear?"

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