Gearing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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     2. (Mach.) To provide with gearing.


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     3. To adapt toward some specific purpose; as, they geared
        their advertising for maximum effect among teenagers.
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     {Double geared}, driven through twofold compound gearing, to
        increase the force or speed; -- said of a machine.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gearing \Gear"ing\, n.
     1. Harness.
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     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.
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     {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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gearing
       n : 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: {gears}, {geartrain}, {power train}, {train}]