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De - Pt| English Dictionary: gearing' | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Gearing \Gear"ing\, n. 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 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 transmitted 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. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Gear \Gear\v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Geared}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gearing}.] 1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. 2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing. {Double geared}, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine. | |
