change speed gear
1change-speed gear — Change gear Change gear (Mach.) A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; called also {change speed gear}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
2speed gear — noun : change gear * * * an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds …
3Change gear — (Mach.) A gear by means of which the speed of machinery or of a vehicle may be changed while that of the propelling engine or motor remains constant; called also {change speed gear}. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …
4variable-speed gear — noun : change gear …
5Gear inches — is a system that assigns numerical measurements to bicycle gear ratios, to indicate how low or high a gear is. With old fashioned penny farthing bicycles, the crankarms were directly attached to the large drive wheel. One turn of the pedals moved …
6Gear stick — A gear stick (also known as gearstick, gear lever, selection lever, shift stick and gear shifter) is the lever used to change gear in a vehicle, such as an automobile, with manual transmission or several common forms of automatic transmission.… …
7Gear — For the gear like device used to drive a roller chain, see Sprocket. This article is about mechanical gears. For other uses, see Gear (disambiguation). Two meshing gears transmitting rotational motion. Note that the smaller gear is rotating… …
8gear — [gir] n. [ME gere, prob. < ON gervi, preparation, ornament, akin to OE gearo, YARE] 1. a) Obs. the clothing and equipment of a soldier, knight, etc. b) clothing; apparel 2. movable property; esp., apparatus or equipment for some particular… …
9gear — ► NOUN 1) a toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts (e.g. wheels). 2) a particular setting of engaged gears. 3) informal apparatus, equipment, or clothing. ► VERB …
10speed camera — noun An automatic camera installed at the side of a road to measure and record the speed of vehicles (often shortened to speed cam) • • • Main Entry: ↑speed * * * speed camera UK US noun [countable] [singular speed camera …
