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differential gear

noun

Machinery.
  1. any of various comparable arrangements of gears, as an epicyclic train.


differential gear

noun

  1. 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of differential gear1

First recorded in 1885–90
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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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