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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
; esp., a train of wheels for transmitting and varying motion in machinery. gearing
of a locomotive engine; belt gearing
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.