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RACK AND PINION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rack and pinion mean?
• RACK AND PINION (noun)
The noun RACK AND PINION has 1 sense:
1. a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)
Familiarity information: RACK AND PINION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("rack and pinion" is a kind of...):
cogwheel; gear; gear wheel; geared wheel (a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion)
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