English Explanatory Dictionary

Geneva wheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A mechanism that translates a continuous rotation into an intermittent rotary motion.

Word forms

Geneva wheel Geneva wheels

Etymology

See Geneva mechanism.

Synonyms

Geneva drive Maltese cross
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