'Gearing' definitions:
Definition of 'gearing'
From: WordNet
noun
Wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; "the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain" [syn: gearing, gear, geartrain, power train, train]
Definition of 'Gearing'
From: GCIDE
- Gear \Gear\ (g[=e]r) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Geared (g[=e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gearing.]
- 1. To dress; to put gear on; to harness. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers. [PJC]
- Double geared, driven through twofold compound gearing, to increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gearing'
From: GCIDE
- Gearing \Gear"ing\, n.
- 1. Harness. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Words containing 'Gearing'
- Gear,
- Geared,
- gear to,
- gear up,
- in gear,
- out of gear,
- Bevel gear,
- Bever gear,
- Chafing gear,
- Change gear,
- Clash gear,
- Core gear,
- Differential gearing,
- Double geared,
- Eccentric gear,
- Expansion gear,
- Feed gear,
- Foot gear,
- Friction gear,
- Frictional gearing,
- Gear cutter,
- Gear wheel,
- Gearing chain,
- Hand gear,
- Head gear,
- Hooke's gearing,
- Intermittent gearing,
- Internal gear,
- Multiplying gear,
- Mutilated gear,
- Planet gear,
- Pump gear,
- Reversing gear,
- Running gear,
- SCUBA gear,
- Screw gear,
- Segment gear,
- Shrouded gear,
- Skew gearing,
- Spiral gear,
- Spiral gearing,
- Spur gear,
- Spur gearing,
- Stepped gear,
- To throw in gear,
- To throw out of gear,
- Valve gear,
- Wedge gear,
- Wedge gearing,
- Worm gear,
- Worm gearing,
- compensating gearing,
- differential gear,
- epicyclic gear,
- first gear,
- fishing gear,
- gear box,
- gear case,
- gear lever,
- gear mechanism,
- geared wheel,
- high gear,
- landing gear,
- low gear,
- mortise gear,
- planetary gear,
- reduction gear,
- reverse gear,
- second gear,
- stable gear,
- steering gear,
- sun gear,
- third gear,
- Automatic expansion gear,
- Engaging and disengaging gear,
- Fixed expansion gear,
- Irreversible steering gear,
- Skew bevel gearing,
- back-geared,
- double-geared,
- epicyclic gear train,
- pinion and ring gear,
- change-speed gear,
- foul-weather gear