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71Feed gear — Feed Feed, n. 1. That which is eaten; esp., food for beasts; fodder; pasture; hay; grain, ground or whole; as, the best feed for sheep. [1913 Webster] 2. A grazing or pasture ground. Shak. [1913 Webster] 3. An allowance of provender given to a… …
72steering gear — noun Date: 1851 a mechanism (as a gear train) by which something is steered …
73planet gear — Mach. any of the gears in an epicyclic train surrounding and engaging with the sun gear. Also called planet wheel. [1915 20] * * * …
74sun-and-planet gear — /sun euhn plan it/, Mach. a planetary epicyclic gear train. [1900 05] * * * …
75sun gear — Mach. (in an epicyclic train) the central gear around which the planet gears revolve. Also called sun wheel. * * * …
76differential gear — dif′feren′tial gear′ n. mac an epicyclic train of gears designed to permit two or more shafts to rotate at different speeds • Etymology: 1885–90 …
77epicycloidal gear — /ɛpisaɪˌklɔɪdl ˈgɪə/ (say epeesuy.kloydl gear) noun one of the wheels in an epicyclic train. Also, epicycloidal wheel …
78differential gear — or differential gearing n. a certain arrangement of gears (epicyclic train) connecting two axles in the same line and dividing the driving force between them, but allowing one axle to turn faster than the other: it is used in the driving axles of …
79sun-and-planet gear — /sun euhn plan it/, Mach. a planetary epicyclic gear train. [1900 05] …
80epicyclic train — noun Date: 1869 a train (as of gear wheels) designed to have one or more parts travel around the circumference of another fixed or revolving part …
