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differential gear
noun
Machinery.
- any of various comparable arrangements of gears, as an epicyclic train.
differential gear
noun
- 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
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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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