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Gearing

Gearing Meaning & Definition
Gearing Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gearing?

[n] wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gearing: gears | geartrain | power train | train

Related Terms | Find terms related to Gearing:

See Also | engine | epicyclic gear train | epicyclic train | reduction gear | wheelwork

Gearing In Webster's Dictionary

\Gear"ing\, n. 1. Harness. 2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion of an engine or machine is transmitted to another, considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. {Frictional gearing}. See under {Frictional}. {Gearing chain}, an endless chain transmitted motion from one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of {Chain wheel}. {Spur gearing}, 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.

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