gearing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
    geartrain; train; power train; gear.
    • the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
  2. verb set the level or character of
    gear; pitch.
    • She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience

WordNet

Gear"ing noun
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913