English > power train: 1 sense > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed. |
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| Synonyms | gearing, gear, geartrain, train |
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| Part of | engine | motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work |
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| Narrower | epicyclic train, epicyclic gear train | A system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis |
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| reduction gear | gearing that reduces an input speed to a slower output speed |
| Broader | wheelwork | mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears) |
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| Spanish | cambio, engranaje, marcha, tren |
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| Catalan | dentatge, engranatge, tren |
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