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gear
A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
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noun
A toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion
noun
Equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.
noun
A mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)
noun
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”
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Set the level or character of
“She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience”
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The fool got his tie caught in the geartrain
She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience
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