Usually means: Gear system converts rotational motion.
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We found 17 dictionaries that define the word rack and pinion:

General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. rack-and-pinion: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. rack and pinion: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. rack-and-pinion, rack-and-pinion: Collins English Dictionary
  4. rack and pinion: Vocabulary.com
  5. rack and pinion: Wiktionary
  6. rack-and-pinion: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  7. rack-and-pinion: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. rack-and-pinion, rack and pinion: Dictionary.com
  9. Rack-and-pinion, Rack and pinion: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. rack and pinion: Rhymezone
  11. rack and pinion: FreeDictionary.org
  12. rack and pinion: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. rack-and-pinion, rack and pinion: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. rack-and-pinion, rack and pinion: Encyclopedia

Tech (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. PhotoNotes Dictionary of Film and Digital Photography (No longer online)
  3. Rack and Pinion: Glossary of Woodworking Terms

(Note: See rack_and_pinions as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (rack and pinion)

noun:  A pair of gears, consisting of a circular pinion that engages with the teeth of a flat bar, that converts rotational into linear motion; used in the steering mechanism of cars, and in some railways.

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