pitch circle

pitch cir·cle

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Definitions of pitch circle words

noun pitch circle an imaginary circle within the profiles of the teeth of a gear, such that it rotates against a similar circle rotating at the same rate on a meshing gear. 1
noun pitch circle an imaginary circle passing through the teeth of a gearwheel, concentric with the gearwheel, and having a radius that would enable it to be in contact with a similar circle around a mating gearwheel 0
noun pitch circle an imaginary circle that intersects the teeth of a gear at the actual points where the teeth mesh with another gear: the pitch circles of two enmeshed gears are tangent 0

before 1810

One of the 40% newest English words

First recorded in 1810-20

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