Gearing

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  • noun. A system of gears and associated elements by which motion is transferred within a machine.
  • noun. The act or technique of providing with gears.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Gear; dress; harness.
  • noun. In machinery, the parts collectively by which motion communicated to one part of a machine is transmitted to another; specifically, a train of toothed wheels for transmitting motion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Harness.
  • noun. The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; ; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
  • noun. See under Frictional.
  • noun. an endless chain transmitting motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of Chain wheel.
  • noun. gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged round either the concave or the convex surface (properly the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting motion between parallel shafts, etc.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The ratio of a system of gears.
  • verb. Present participle of gear.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
  • Hypernym
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    wheelwork  
    Hyponym
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    Rhyme
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    Synonym
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    harness  
    verb-stem
    gear