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. [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] 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}]
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