gear train
Americannoun
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a set of automobile gears that transmit power; transmission.
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a set of interconnected gears.
noun
Example Sentences
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She traces this passion to a formative moment in her childhood when she fixed her broken cassette player by fiddling with the gear train.
From Scientific American
Seeking a permanent place to store gear, train and gather, SMR members dedicated Saturdays over the past three years to pouring concrete and hanging drywall.
From Seattle Times
They come to me with questions, and I show them how to do things, like how to attach wheels to a gear train.
From Washington Post
Despite these shortcomings, Price identified a gear train—a set of linked gears—that calculated the average position of the moon on any specific date by using its period relation of 254 sidereal rotations in 19 years.
From Scientific American
A gear train using the 63-tooth gear could be designed to match a bearing on one of the spokes of the main drive wheel.
From Scientific American
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