differential gear

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noun Machinery.

differential (def. 7).

any of various comparable arrangements of gears, as an epicyclic train.

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Origin of differential gear

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby differential gear

differential association, differential calculus, differential coefficient, differential compaction, differential equation, differential gear, differential geometry, differential operator, differential psychology, differential quotient, differential rate

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How to use differential gear in a sentence

And so, he says he left prison without proper ID, just his release papers and the “dress-out gear” he was given by the state.
His First Day Out Of Jail After 40 Years: Adjusting To Life Outside|Justin Rohrlich|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
We, on the other hand, on the police side, will naturally gear up to deal with any potential contingency that might occur.
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The best thing about winter is seeing all the cute kids bundled up in their cold-weather gear.
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These self-dubbed gear heads go toe to toe (or perhaps more accurately, crash to crash), with the men in the sport.
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Photos he would share on Facebook this year show Hauchard in Raqqa, wearing combat gear and wielding a variety of heavy weapons.
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The controlling leaders being out of gear the machine did not run smoothly: there was nothing but friction and tension.
Napoleon's Marshals|R. P. Dunn-Pattison
A record is generally kept of the number of nucleated red cells seen during a differential count of leukocytes.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
The differential count is best made upon a film stained with Wright's, Jenner's, or Ehrlich's stain.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Jenner's stain, which gives a somewhat similar picture, is preferred by many for differential counting of leukocytes.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A piece of iron sticking out from the cross-head carried the plug-rod for working the gear-handles.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick

British Dictionary definitions for differential gear

differential gear

noun

the epicyclic gear mounted in the driving axle of a road vehicle that permits one driving wheel to rotate faster than the other, as when cornering

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