gear : Idioms & Phrases

• one that is regulated by the governor, and varies the supply of steam to the engine with the demand for power.

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• adjective satellite (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
  back-geared.
  
  • a back-geared lathe

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• noun gears that mesh at an angle
  bevel gear; pinion and crown wheel.
  

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Bev"el gear`

Definitions

1. (Mech.) A kind of gear in which the two wheels working together lie in different planes, and have their teeth cut at right angles to the surfaces of two cones whose apices coincide with the point where the axes of the wheels would meet.

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• . See Bevel gear.

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• noun covering (usually rope or canvas) of a line or spar to protect it from friction
  

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• (Naut.), any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where they are exposed to friction.

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• a mortise gear, or its skeleton. See Mortise wheel, under Mortise.

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• noun a bevel gear that permits rotation of two shafts at different speeds; used on the rear axle of automobiles to allow wheels to rotate at different speeds on curves
  differential.
  

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• a train of toothed wheels, usually an epicyclic train, so arranged as to constitute a differential motion.

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• driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; said of a machine.

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• adjective satellite equipped with compound gearing consisting of 2 pinions and 2 wheels in mesh to increase the mechanical advantage
  
  • the double-geared lifting mechanism of a crane
• adjective satellite (of a lathe) equipped with gearing for reducing the speed of the spindle from that of the driving pulley
  back-geared.
  
  • a back-geared lathe

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• . (Mach.) (a) The whole apparatus, strap, and other parts, by which the motion of an eccentric is transmitted, as in the steam engine. (b) A cogwheel set to turn about an eccentric axis used to give variable rotation.

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• that in which, or by means of which, one part is alternately brought into gear or out of gear with another part, as occasion may require.

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• noun an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
  planet gear; planet wheel; epicyclic gear.
  

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• noun a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis
  epicyclic train.
  

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• (Stream Engine). a cut-off gear. See Illust. of Link motion.

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• . See Feed motion, under Feed, n.

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• (Mach.), the train of mechanism that gives motion to the part that directly produces the feed in a machine.

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• noun the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
  low; first gear; first.
  

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• noun gear used in fishing
  tackle; fishing rig; rig; fishing tackle.
  

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• one that always operates at the same fixed point of the stroke.

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• covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.

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• noun protective garment that is intended to keep the wearer dry and warm in bad weather
  

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• . See Frictional gearing, under Frictional.

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• wheels which transmit motion by surface friction instead of teeth. The faces are sometimes made more or less V-shaped to increase or decrease friction, as required.

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• noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
  gearbox; gear box.
  

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• noun the shell (metal casing) in which a train of gears is sealed
  gearbox; gear box.
  

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• a machine or tool for forming the teeth of gear wheels by cutting.

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• noun a mechanical device for engaging and disengaging gears
  gearshift; shifter; gearstick.
  
  • in Britain they call a gearshift a gear lever

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• noun a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
  gear.
  

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• verb make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  set; prepare; fix; set up; ready.
  
  • Get the children ready for school!
  • prepare for war
  • I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill

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• noun a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  cogwheel; gear wheel; gear.
  

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• any cogwheel.

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• noun a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
  cogwheel; gear wheel; gear.
  

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• (Mach.), apparatus by means of which a machine, or parts of a machine, usually operated by other power, may be operated by hand.

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Head" gear`, Head"gear` noun (Also<

• Head gear
• Headgear

)

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1. Headdress.
2. Apparatus above ground at the mouth of a mine or deep well.

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• noun a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
  high.
  

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Hooke's" gear"ing

Etymology

So called from the inventor.

Definitions

1. (Mach.) Spur gearing having teeth slanting across the face of the wheel, sometimes slanting in opposite directions from the middle.

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• adjective satellite having gears engaged
  
  • the car is in gear

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• (Mach.), gearing which receives, or produces, intermittent motion.

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• (Mach.), a gear in which the teeth project inward from the rim instead of outward.

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• noun an undercarriage that supports the weight of the plane when it is on the ground
  

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• noun the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving
  low; first gear; first.
  

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• (Mach.), gear for increasing speed.

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• (Mach.), a gear wheel from a portion of whose periphery the cogs are omitted. It is used for giving intermittent movements.

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• adjective satellite not having gears engaged
  
  • threw the machine's pinion out of gear

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• noun gears that mesh at an angle
  bevel gear; pinion and crown wheel.
  

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• noun an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
  planet gear; planet wheel; epicyclic gear.
  

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• . (Mach.) See Epicyclic train, under Epicyclic.

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• noun an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train
  planet gear; planet wheel; epicyclic gear.
  

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• the apparatus belonging to a pump. Totten.

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• noun gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed
  

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• noun the gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed
  reverse.
  

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• (Mach.), gear for reversing the direction of rotation at will.

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• the wheels and axles of a vehicle, and their attachments, in distinction from the body; all the working parts of a locomotive or other machine, in distinction from the framework.

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• . See Spiral gear, under Spiral.

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• noun the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
  second.
  
  • he had to shift down into second to make the hill

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• a piece for receiving or communicating reciprocating motion from or to a cogwheel, consisting of a sector of a circular gear, or ring, having cogs on the periphery, or face.

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• (Mach.), a cogwheel or pinion having flanges which form closed ends to the spaces between the teeth and thus strengthen the teeth by tying them together.

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• (Mach.), toothed gearing, generally resembling bevel gearing, for connecting two shafts that are neither parallel nor intersecting, and in which the teeth slant across the faces of the gears.

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• (Mach.), a gear resembling in general a spur gear, but having its teeth cut at an angle with its axis, or so that they form small portions of screws or spirals.

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• a kind of gearing sometimes used in light machinery, in which spiral gears, instead of bevel gears, are used to transmit motion between shafts that are not parallel.

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• noun gear wheels that mesh in the same plane
  spur wheel.
  

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• (Mach.), a cogwheel having teeth which project radially and stand parallel to the axis; a spur wheel.

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• 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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• noun gear for a horse
  saddlery; tack.
  

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• noun a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle
  

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• a cogwheel of which the teeth cross the face in a series of steps.

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• noun the central gear in an epicyclic train
  

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• noun the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle
  third.
  
  • you shouldn't try to start in third gear

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• (Mach.), to connect or disconnect (wheelwork or couplings, etc.); to put in, or out of, working relation.

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• (Steam Engine), the system of parts by which motion is given to the valve or valves for the distribution of steam in the cylinder. For an illustration of one form of valve gear, see Link motion.

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• noun gear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion
  

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• . (Mach.) (a) A worm wheel. (b) Worm gearing.

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• gearing consisting of a worm and worm wheel working together.

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