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gear: engranahe; kambyo; martsa


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gear
n. (artifact)1. cogwheel, gear, gear wheel, geared wheela toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion.
~ bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring geargears that mesh at an angle.
~ cog, sprockettooth on the rim of gear wheel.
~ escape wheelgear that engages a rocking lever.
~ piniona gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack.
~ epicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gearan outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train.
~ rack and piniona wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa).
~ spur gear, spur wheelgear wheels that mesh in the same plane.
~ sun gearthe central gear in an epicyclic train.
~ toothone of a number of uniform projections on a gear.
~ wheela simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines).
~ worm geargear consisting of a shaft with screw thread (the worm) that meshes with a toothed wheel (the worm wheel); changes the direction of the axis of rotary motion.
~ worm wheelgear with the thread of a worm.
n. (artifact)2. gear, gearing, geartrain, power train, trainwheelwork 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"
~ enginemotor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work.
~ epicyclic gear train, epicyclic 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.
~ wheelworkmechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears).
n. (artifact)3. gear, gear mechanisma mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle).
~ first gear, low gear, low, firstthe lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving.
~ gearseta set of gears.
~ high gear, higha forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed.
~ mechanismdevice consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function.
~ parka gear position that acts as a parking brake.; "the put the car in park and got out"
~ reverse gear, reversethe gears by which the motion of a machine can be reversed.
~ second gear, secondthe gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle.; "he had to shift down into second to make the hill"
~ steering geara gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle.
~ third gear, thirdthe third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle.; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear"
~ transmission system, transmissionthe gears that transmit power from an automobile engine via the driveshaft to the live axle.
n. (artifact)4. appurtenance, gear, paraphernaliaequipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc..
~ equipmentan instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service.
~ fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle, riggear used in fishing.
~ kit, outfitgear consisting of a set of articles or tools for a specified purpose.
~ regaliaparaphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office).
~ riggear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise.
~ rigging, tacklegear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails.
~ saddlery, stable gear, tackgear for a horse.
v. (change)5. gear, pitchset the level or character of.; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
~ adapt, accommodatemake fit for, or change to suit a new purpose.; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country"
~ popularise, popularizemake understandable to the general public.; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"