fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a method of examining in minute detail, he went over the contract with a fine-tooth comb looking for loopholes |
| tooth | a means of enforcement, the treaty had no teeth in it |
tooth shell
tusk shell | any of various seashore mollusks having a tapering tubular shell open at each end and a foot pointed like a spade for burrowing |
bleeding tooth
Nerita peloronta | gastropod having reddish toothlike projections around the shell opening, of the Caribbean area |
| tooth | toothlike structure in invertebrates found in the mouth or alimentary canal or on a shell |
bevel gear
pinion and crown wheel
pinion and ring gear | gears that mesh at an angle |
| chafing gear | covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction |
differential gear
differential | a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds, used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves |
epicyclic train
epicyclic gear train | a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis |
fine-tooth comb
fine-toothed comb | a comb with teeth set close together |
first gear
first
low gear
low | the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle, used to start a car moving |
fishing gear
tackle fishing tackle
fishing rig
rig | gear used in fishing |
| foul-weather gear | protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather |
gear
gear wheel
geared wheel
cogwheel | a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion |
gear paraphernalia
appurtenance | equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. |
| gear gear mechanism | a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) |
gearbox
gear box
gear case | the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed |
gearing
gear geartrain
power train
train | wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed, the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain |
gearshift
gearstick
shifter
gear lever | a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears, in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever |
high gear
high | a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed |
houndstooth check
hound's-tooth check
dogstooth check
dogs-tooth check
dog's-tooth check | textile with a pattern of small broken or jagged checks |
| landing gear | an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground |
| mouse-tooth forceps | a type of forceps |
planetary gear
epicyclic gear
planet wheel
planet gear | an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train |
| reduction gear | gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed |
reverse
reverse gear | the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed |
second gear
second | the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle, he had to shift down into second to make the hill |
spur gear
spur wheel | gear wheels that mesh in the same plane |
stable gear
saddlery
tack | gear for a horse |
| steering gear | a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle |
| sun gear | the central gear in an epicyclic train |
third gear
third | the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle, you shouldn't try to start in third gear |
| tooth | something resembling the tooth of an animal |
| tooth | one of a number of uniform projections on a gear |
tooth powder
toothpowder | a dentifrice in the form of a powder |
| worm gear | gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel), changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion |
| tooth | hard bonelike structures in the jaws of vertebrates, used for biting and chewing or for attack and defense |
| carnassial tooth | the last upper premolar and first lower molar teeth of a carnivore, having sharp edges for cutting flesh |
tooth socket
alveolus | a bony socket in the alveolar ridge that holds a tooth |
front tooth
anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth, his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors |
back tooth
posterior | a tooth situated at the back of the mouth |
| malposed tooth | a tooth that has grown in a faulty position |
permanent tooth
adult tooth | any of the teeth that replace the deciduous teeth of early childhood and (with luck) can last until old age |
primary tooth
deciduous tooth
baby tooth
milk tooth | one of the first temporary teeth of a young mammal (one ofin children) |
canine
canine tooth
eyetooth
eye tooth
dogtooth
cuspid | one of the four pointed conical teeth (two in each jaw) located between the incisors and the premolars |
| wisdom tooth | any of the last teeth on each side of the upper and lower jaw, the last of the permanent teeth to erupt (between ages and ) |
root
tooth root | the part of a tooth that is embedded in the jaw and serves as support |
enamel
tooth enamel | hard white substance covering the crown of a tooth |
| geometry | the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces |
| affine geometry | the geometry of affine transformations |