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ALL meanings of crown wheel

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  • noun crown wheel the wheel next to the winding knob that has one set of teeth at right angles to the other 3
  • noun crown wheel the larger of the two gears in a bevel gear 3
  • noun crown wheel a gearwheel with teeth set in the rim perpendicularly to its plane 3
  • noun crown wheel a wheel next to the winding knob, having two sets of teeth, one at right angles to its plane. 1
  • noun crown wheel any of various wheels having the form of a hoop or short cylinder with a serrated edge, as the escape wheel in a verge escapement. 1
  • noun crown wheel In watchmaking, an object of circular shape with contrate teeth, which meshes with the winding pinion and with the ratchet-wheel on the barrel-arbor used to wind-up the watch, respectively, to set the time. 0
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