worm
- noun
- /wɜrm/
- Specialized
- This is a right angle worm gear driven gearbox.
- worm gear
- helical worm
Examples
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It's a worm gear; still a little sluggish, but it'll have to do.
Fiction book (1997) -
OK, so you've got the worm gear against this gear.
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The first worm unit was installed in May, and a second was to be added in early November.
Academic text (1999) -
Massive worm gear down in here under that.
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And contractors I think here in California think that the worm drive right angle circular saw is the best.
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As one turns the horizontally mounted worm shaft, sliding contact is made with a worm gear inside the actuator housing.
Academic text (2004) -
The high-tensile bronze worm gear and stainless-steel worm are supported by tapered roller bearings and seals to prevent loss of lubrication.
Academic text (1996) -
The engineer explained how the worm gear smoothly transmits motion between parts of the machine.
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A small worm gear is crucial in this mechanism to change the direction of movement effectively.
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The new design features a worm gear that enhances the efficiency of the conveyor system.
Idioms
Compounds
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An infection from drinking water with baby worms that causes painful blisters when the worm comes out
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A small parasite that lives in people and comes out through the skin causing strong pain after drinking dirty water
A small red earthworm that lives in soil, helps make soil better, and people use it as fishing bait
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A small animal that lives inside another animal and takes its food, often causing sickness
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A gear with a screw shaft that turns a toothed wheel to change direction and make turning slower and stronger
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A thin sea animal that lives in a tube on the deep ocean floor and has tentacles
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A soft sac in an animal that is filled with fluid and contains a young tapeworm
A large earthworm that comes out at night or when the ground is wet and people use for fishing
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A long soft animal with a body made of many rings, like earthworms and leeches
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A caterpillar that moves in large groups and eats crops like grass and grain
A small caterpillar with legs only near its head and tail that moves by making a loop
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A very small thin animal with a pointed body that lives in soil or inside other living things
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A soft sea animal like a thin worm that stretches a long head to catch food
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A small sea worm that pulls its front part into its body and looks like a peanut
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A sea worm with many body segments and small bristles on each segment
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A worm that lives in the sea with many small bristles on its sides that help it move
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A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats potato and tomato leaves
A worm with a long body made of many ring-shaped parts like an earthworm or leech
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A large green caterpillar with white stripes that eats tomato and tobacco plants
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A small wormlike parasite with hooks that lives inside the nose of animals like dogs or cows
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A parasite that lives in animal intestines and can pull its spiny head back to hold on
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A small soft animal with velvety skin that catches prey with sticky slime
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A very small worm that lives in vinegar and eats tiny living things that make it turn sour
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A small, long tropical fish that lives in shallow water and hides in seagrass
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A small thin salamander that looks like a worm and lives on the Pacific coast of the United States
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A gear that fits with a screw-shaped gear to turn movement at a right angle
Surface Forms
Etymology
The mechanical worm gets its name from the animal because the screw-shaped part looks like a long coiled creature, and the old word wyrm meant 'snake' or 'creeping thing'. So a worm in a machine is the threaded part that turns and moves the wheel.