gear, n.
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a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
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cogwheel gear gear wheel geared wheel
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bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear
escape wheel
pinion
planetary gear, epicyclic gear, planet wheel, planet gear
rack and pinion
spur gear, spur wheel
sun gear
worm gear
worm wheel
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equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
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appurtenance gear paraphernalia
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a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
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gear gear mechanism
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first gear, first, low gear, low
gearset
high gear, high
park
reverse, reverse gear
second gear, second
steering gear
third gear, third
transmission, transmission system
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wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed
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gear gearing geartrain power train train
sample sentences
"the fool got his tie caught in the geartrain"
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