hooke's gearing

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hooke's gearing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hooke's gearing \Hooke's" gear"ing\ [So called from the
     inventor.] (Mach.)
     Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the
     wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the
     middle.
     [1913 Webster]