gearing

gearing
    n 1: wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears
         by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is
         changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"
         [syn: {gearing}, {gear}, {geartrain}, {power train},
         {train}]
    

Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r) v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Geared} (g[=e]rd); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Gearing}.]
   1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
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   2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.
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   3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared
      their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.
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   {Double geared}, driven through twofold compound gearing, to
      increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
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Gearing \Gear"ing\, n.
   1. Harness.
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   2. (Mach.) The parts by which motion imparted to one portion
      of an engine or machine is transmitted to another,
      considered collectively; as, the valve gearing of a
      locomotive engine; belt gearing; esp., a train of wheels
      for transmitting and varying motion in machinery.
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   {Frictional gearing}. See under {Frictional}.

   {Gearing chain}, an endless chain transmitting motion from
      one sprocket wheel to another. See Illust. of {Chain
      wheel}.

   {Spur gearing}, gearing in which the teeth or cogs are ranged
      round either the concave or the convex surface (properly
      the latter) of a cylindrical wheel; -- for transmitting
      motion between parallel shafts, etc.
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