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WorksheetsAR Vocabulary - Sean
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Chain
A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads.
Energy
The capacity to do work; the use of mechanisms is necessary to transfer energy.
Direction of travel
If the Input handle can be turned in both directions for at least one full turn, the device has a reversible direction of travel. If it can only be turned in one direction, it is non-reversible.
Drive Gear
The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear.
Driven Gear
The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other gear. The output gear.
Force
A push or pull in a straight line
Input
Something added to a system, such as resources, in order to achieve a result.
Inverse
Opposite in position, direction, order or effect
Idler Gear
A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Gear
A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts.
Gear Ratio
The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member.
Mechanical Advantage
The ratio of the force that performs the useful work of a machine to the force that is applied to the machine
Mechanism
The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others.
Output
The results of the operation of any system.
Meshing
A term used to describe the proper engagement of teeth between two or more gears in a gear train.
Rotary
Rotary is a type of motion that moves in a straight line.
Rotary is a term used in engineering to describe a type of motion that oscillates back and forth.
Rotary is a term used in engineering to describe a type of motion that moves in a zigzag pattern.
Rotary is a term used in engineering to describe a type of motion or mechanism that rotates around an axis. (Circular motion)
Ratio
A ratio in engineering is the quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other.
Power
Power in engineering is the amount of work done in a unit of time.
Simple Gear Train
A simple gear train in engineering is a combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide.
Sprocket
Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain.
Torque
A push or pull in a circular direction. A twisting force.
A measure of the force that can cause an object to change shape.
A measure of the force that can cause an object to accelerate.
A measure of the force that can cause an object to move in a straight line.
Work
Work in engineering is the application of force that moves an object a certain distance.
The use of mechanisms is necessary to (a) energy.
