rack and pinion

English

Noun

rack and pinion (plural rack and pinions or racks and pinions)

A pair of gears, consisting of a circular pinion that engages with the teeth of a flat bar, that converts rotational into linear motion; used in the steering mechanism of cars, and in some railways

Translations

mechanism converting rotational motion into linear

Finnish: hammastanko ja hammaspyörä, hammastanko
Russian: реечная (reječnaja) переда́ча (peredáča) (reječnajá peredáča)f, кремалье́ра (ru) f (kremalʹjéra)

Serbo-Croatian: zupčani prijenos s ozubnicom m

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