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1Gear — 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… …
2Gear ratio — The gear ratio is the relationship between the number of teeth on two gears that are meshed or two sprockets connected with a common roller chain, or the circumferences of two pulleys connected with a drive belt. General description In the… …
3gear — gearless, adj. /gear/, n. 1. Mach. a. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. b. an assembly of such… …
4Gear coupling — A gear coupling is a mechanical device for transmitting torque between two shafts that are not coaxial. It consists of a flexible joint fixed to each shaft. The two joints are connected by a third shaft, called the spindle. Each joint consists of …
5gear inch — a traditional unit for measuring the gears of bicycles. In low gears, the pedals are easy to turn but have to be turned very fast to achieve any speed; in high gears the pedals are harder to turn but don t have to be turned fast to achieve… …
6gear cutter — noun 1. : a machine for milling, hobbing, planing, or shaping gear teeth compare gear hobber, gear shaper 2. : a milling cutter especially contoured to cut gear teeth see milling cutter illustration …
7gear pump — noun : a rotary pump consisting of two meshing gear wheels in a suitable casing whose contrarotation entrains the fluid on one side and discharges it on the other * * * gear pump, a type of pump with two meshing gears that rotate to move thick… …
8gear hobber — noun : a machine for milling gear teeth by means of a hob rotated at an angular velocity having a definite ratio to that of the work …
9gear shaper — noun : a machine in which gear teeth are shaped by a cutter in the form of a pinion; also : one that shapes gears …
10Gear 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 …
