open differential
noun1
Engineering, Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences A type of differential gear used in automobile construction, allowing for output shafts to have different angular velocity, while equalizing torque applied to each output shaft.
- Synonyms
- OD, open diff
- Hypernyms
- differential, differential gear, transmission, transmission gear
- Coordinate terms
- locked differential, locking differential, limited-slip differential, unlocked differential, lunchbox locker, Aussie locker