high ˈgear

  • 31gear — Wheel like part with teeth cut into the rim. When one gear meshes with another gear, it causes the second gear to drive the other and in this way transmits power. When the gears are different sizes (different number of teeth on each gear) the… …

    Dictionary of automotive terms

  • 32gear — I UK [ɡɪə(r)] / US [ɡɪr] noun Word forms gear : singular gear plural gears ** 1) [countable/uncountable] the part of an engine that changes engine power into movement. Most cars in the UK have 5 or 6 gears that you operate yourself change gear:… …

    English dictionary

  • 33gear — /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; …

  • 34gear — I. noun Etymology: Middle English gere, from Old Norse gervi, gǫrvi; akin to Old English gearwe equipment, clothing, gearu ready more at yare Date: 14th century 1. a. clothing, garments b. movable property ; goods 2. equipment …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 35gear — [[t]gɪər[/t]] n. 1) mac 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 parts 2)… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 36gear — See: HIGH GEAR, SLIP A COG or SLIP A GEAR, THROW OUT OF GEAR …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 37gear — See: HIGH GEAR, SLIP A COG or SLIP A GEAR, THROW OUT OF GEAR …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 38gear — See: high gear, slip a cog or slip a gear, throw out of gear …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 39high — haɪ n. high point, highest point; high gear (in an automobile); high pressure system (Meteorology); state of euphoria produced by drugs or alcohol (Slang); state of great excitement, high spirits adj. tall, lofty, elevated; expensive, costly;… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 40Gear cutting — is any number of methods used to manufacture precision gears.Gear hobbing is a method by which a special hobbing anto cutter and gear blank are rotated at the same time to transfer the profile of the hob onto the gear blank.Spur and other… …

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