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GEAR MECHANISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
Synonyms:
gear; gear mechanism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gear mechanism" is a kind of...):
mechanism (device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gear mechanism"):
first; first gear; low; low gear (the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving)
gearset (a set of gears)
high; high gear (a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed)
park (a gear position that acts as a parking brake)
reverse; reverse gear (the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed)
second; second gear (the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle)
steering gear (a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle)
third; third gear (the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle)
transmission; transmission system (the gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle)
