'Contrate wheel' definitions:
Definition of 'Contrate wheel'
From: GCIDE
- Contrate \Con"trate\, a. [See Contra-.] Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Contrate wheel. See Crown wheel. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'contrate wheel'
From: GCIDE
- Crown wheel \Crown" wheel`\ (hw?l`). [Named from its resemblance to a crown.] (Mach.) A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel. [1913 Webster]