Definition of Hypoid

1. of a type of bevel gear [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypoid

hypohalous
hypohalous acid
hypohamiltonian
hypohepatia
hypohidrosis
hypohidrotic
hypohyal
hypohyals
hypohydraemia
hypohydration
hypohydrations
hypohydrochloria
hypohyloma
hypohypnotic
hypoid (current term)
hypoing
hypoinsulinaemia
hypoinsulinemia
hypointensity
hypoiodite
hypoiodous
hypoiodous acid
hypoisotonic
hypokalaemia
hypokalaemias
hypokalaemic
hypokalaemic nephropathy
hypokalaemic periodic paralysis
hypokalemia

Literary usage of Hypoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Odontics: Or, The Theory and Practice of the Teeth of Gears by George B. Grant (1891)
"THE hypoid. The pitch surface of the skew bevel gear is the surface known as the "hyperboloid of revolution," and it is so intimately connected with the ..."

2. A Treatise on Gear Wheels by George B. Grant (1904)
"The hypoid is best studied as projected upon a plane parallel to the axis, ... The utility of the hypoid as the pitch surface of the skew gear depends upon ..."

3. More Unusual Railways by John Robert Day (1890)
"The gearboxes on the axles, connected by cardan shafts to the torque converters, would contain planetary reversing gear and hypoid gearing to the axle. ..."

4. Practical gynecology by Edward Emmet Montgomery (1900)
"As they increase in size they become hypoid, and hang by a pedicle. The structure is similar to that of uterine fibroids, and the growth is slow. ..."

5. Canadian Transportation and Distribution Management (1869)
"... heavier springs • Full-floating hypoid rear axles in heavy duty models • Hydrovac power brakes on 2-21/2 and 3 ton models • Recirculating ball-bearing ..."

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