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Webster 1913 Edition


Gearing

Gear′ing

,
Noun.
1.
Harness.
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.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gearing

GE'ARING

,
ppr.
Dressing; harnessing.

Definition 2024


gearing

gearing

English

Noun

gearing (plural gearings)

  1. The ratio of a system of gears.
    The 4x4 could climb well as it had relatively low gearing.

Verb

gearing

  1. present participle of gear

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