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GEARING
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
Example:
the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
Synonyms:
gear; gearing; geartrain; power train; train
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("gearing" is a kind of...):
wheelwork (mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gearing"):
epicyclic gear train; epicyclic train (a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis)
reduction gear (gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed)
Holonyms ("gearing" is a part of...):
engine (motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work)
II. (verb)
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-ing form of the verb gear
