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Why are gears called spur gears?

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14y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Spur Gears: a gear having straight teeth cut on the rim parallel to the axis of rotation.

Gears: a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion.

***A spur gear is a type of gear***

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