rack and pinion

Noun

 * 1) 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.

Translations

 * Finnish: hammastanko ja hammaspyörä, hammastanko
 * German: Zahnstangenantrieb
 * Norwegian: Tannstang
 * Polish: zębatka
 * Russian: реечная́ переда́ча,
 * Serbo-Croatian: zupčani prijenos s ozubnicom