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  • 41gear — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. clothing, dress; cogwheel; equipment, tools, apparatus; harness, etc. See instrumentality, provision. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Equipment] Syn. material, tackle, apparatus, paraphernalia; see equipment …

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  • 42reverse idler gear — A gear used in the transmission to produce a reverse rotation of the transmission output shaft …

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  • 43gear — Synonyms and related words: Hydromatic, accessories, accommodate, accouter, accouterments, action, adapt, adjust, apparatus, apparel, appendages, appliances, appoint, appointments, appurtenances, arm, armament, array, attire, automatic… …

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  • 44gear range — choice of gears in an automatic transmission. The typical gear ranges are: P Park, R Reverse, N Neutral, D Drive, L Low …

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  • 45reverse — re verse || rɪ vÉœrs / vɜːs n. opposite, contrary; back side, rear; setback, misfortune, defeat; gear or mechanism that drives movement in a direction opposite to the normal direction; area printed with a light design on a dark background… …

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  • 46reverse engineering —    unauthorized copying    Not the gear which propels backwards. You obtain your competitor s product, take it apart, and then incorporate the technical improvements in your own …

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  • 47reverse clutch — A clutch which couples the components of planetary gear sets or trains in such a way that the vehicle can be driven backwards …

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  • 48Walschaerts valve gear — The Walschaerts valve gear is a type of steam engine valve gear invented by Belgian railway mechanical engineer Egide Walschaerts in 1844. The gear is sometimes named without the final s , since it was incorrectly patented under that name. It was …

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  • 49Top Gear Segments — Top Gear has featured a number of recurring segments on the show. The most popular are listed here. These elements make up the basic structure of the show.RacesEpic racesThere have been six epic races on Top Gear, involving a car racing another… …

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  • 50in reverse — adverb : in an opposite manner or direction : back, backward * * * in (or into) reverse (of a motor vehicle) in reverse gear so as to travel backward he put the Cadillac into reverse ■ in the opposite direction or manner from usual a similar ride …

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