HyperDic: geartrain

English > 1 sense of the word geartrain:
NOUNartifactgeartrain, gearing, gear, power train, trainwheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
English > geartrain: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact
Meaningwheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed.
Example"the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"
Synonymsgearing, gear, power train, train
Part ofenginemotor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work
Narrowerepicyclic train, epicyclic gear trainA system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis
reduction geargearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed
Broaderwheelworkmechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears)
Spanishcambio, engranaje, marcha, tren
Catalandentatge, engranatge, tren

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