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81Gear hobs — Fully automated gear hobs are used to produce gears. Since the demand for gears continues to grow each year, improvements in the production of gear hobs that will turn out more gears per hour also continues to be enhanced. The production of gear… …
82gear — I n. toothed wheel as part of a transmission 1) to change (BE), shift gears 2) to reverse gears 3) to strip gears 4) bottom (BE), low; high (AE), top (BE); reverse gear 5) a worm gear 6) gears clash, grind; jam, lock, stick; mesh 7) in gear; out… …
83gear up — verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc Get the children ready for school! prepare for war I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill • Syn: ↑fix, ↑prepare, ↑set up, ↑ready …
84Gear 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 …
85gear — /gɪə / (say gear) noun 1. Machinery a. a mechanism for transmitting or changing motion, as by toothed wheels. b. a toothed wheel which engages with another wheel or part. c. the connection or engagement of toothed wheels with each other: in gear; …
86gear — [[t]gɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] ♦♦♦ gears, gearing, geared 1) N COUNT The gears on a machine or vehicle are a device for changing the rate at which energy is changed into motion. On hills, he must use low gears... The car was in fourth gear... He put the truck… …
87Gear train — A gear train is a set or system of gears arranged to transfer rotational torque from one part of a mechanical system to another.Gear trains consists of:*Driving gears attached to the input shaft*Driven gears/Motor gears attached to the inner… …
88gear — 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). ↘a particular setting of engaged gears: in fifth gear. 2》 apparatus or equipment: camping… …
89gear ratio — The relationship between the number of turns made by a driving gear to complete one full turn of the driven gear. If the driving gear turns four times to turn the driven gear once, the gear ratio would be 4 to 1. In most instances, the gear ratio …
90gear mechanism — noun a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) • Syn: ↑gear • Hypernyms: ↑mechanism • Hyponyms: ↑first gear, ↑first, ↑low gear, ↑ …
