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Gearing   /gˈɪrɪŋ/   Listen
Gearing

noun
1.
Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.  Synonyms: gear, geartrain, power train, train.






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"Gearing" Quotes from Famous Books



... indeed some good fights, though, by reason of this excess of embroidery, they are a little vague and difficult to follow. It is very well to have orgulous messires and men of courteoisie, with cotehardie of crocus or hose of purpure (showing how History repeateth herself), gearing and graithing for battle, mounted on coal-black destriers and generally behaving right this, that and the other withal; but when Yolande, asking Harvanger what will happen to her when he is away, receiveth for answer, ...
— Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, June 3, 1914 • Various

... of self-support and adjustment overbalance a hundred times any little remnant defects in its machinery or gearing. Easily ninety-nine per cent of all our troubles through life are due to inevitable wear and tear, scarcity of food-fuel, of water, of rest, and external accidents—injuries and infectious diseases. Still, it occasionally happens that these little defects ...
— Preventable Diseases • Woods Hutchinson

... recoil springs and air cushions to take up the shock when the gun is fired, so that the terrific energy, when the charge is exploded, shall not be borne by the breech of the gun. The howitzers can be turned in any direction, and the gearing attached to the mounting is such that the barrels can be ...
— Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights • Kelly Miller



Words linked to "Gearing" :   train, wheelwork, engine, power train, reduction gear, geartrain, epicyclic gear train, epicyclic train



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