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speed gear

American  

noun

  1. an adjustable gear for driving a machine at various speeds.


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"At the turnpike junction," replied Cora as she deftly threw in the high speed gear, and that without the terrific grinding of the cogs that betrays the inexperienced hand.

From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret

He took the wheel and threw in the low speed gear.

From The Motor Girls by Penrose, Margaret

The action of the human motor is, however, so entirely different from that of a mechanical motor that it is easy, without practical experience, to over-estimate the value of a variable speed gear.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various

Instructions for using and adjusting Singer sewing machines 71-101 and 71-103 high speed, gear driven feed for making straight buttonholes, with square barred ends.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1961 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

Instructions for using and adjusting Singer sewing machines 71-101, 71-103, and 71-105 high speed gear driven feed for making straight buttonholes with square barred ends.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1959 January - June by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

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