AR vocabulary

Front

What is a gear?

Back

A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.

Front

What does rotary movement refer to?

Back

Circular movement.

Front

What is a driven gear?

Back

The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other gear.

Front

What is the purpose of mechanisms in energy transfer?

Back

Mechanisms are necessary to transfer energy.

Front

What is an input gear?

Back

The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system.

Front

What is a drive gear?

Back

The gear that provides motion and power to the driven gear.

Front

What is gear meshing?

Back

The interaction between two gears where the teeth of one gear engage with the teeth of another.

Front

What is a gear ratio?

Back

The ratio of the number of teeth on two gears that are meshed together, determining the speed and torque of the output gear.

Front

What is reciprocating motion?

Back

A back-and-forth movement, often seen in pistons.

Front

What is torque?

Back

A measure of the rotational force applied to an object.