Definition of gear Gear
/gɪˈɹ/ - [gir] - gear
We found 36 definitions of gear from 9 different sources.
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What does gear mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: gears |
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| gear - a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion | ||
| gear wheel, geared wheel, cogwheel | ||
| wheel a 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) | ||
| bevel gear, pinion and crown wheel, pinion and ring gear gears that mesh at an angle | ||
| cog, sprocket tooth on the rim of gear wheel | ||
| escape wheel gear that engages a rocking lever | ||
| pinion a gear with a small number of teeth designed to mesh with a larger wheel or rack | ||
| epicyclic gear, planet gear, planet wheel, planetary gear an outer gear that revolves about a central sun gear of an epicyclic train | ||
| rack and pinion a wheel gear (the pinion) meshes with a toothed rack; converts rotary to reciprocating motion (and vice versa) | ||
| spur gear, spur wheel gear wheels that mesh in the same plane | ||
| sun gear the central gear in an epicyclic train | ||
| tooth a means of enforcement; "the treaty had no teeth in it" | ||
| worm gear gear 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 | ||
| gear - a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) | ||
| gear mechanism | ||
| mechanism the technical aspects of doing something; "a mechanism of social control"; "mechanisms of communication"; "the mechanics of prose style" | ||
| first gear, low gear, low, first the lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle; used to start a car moving | ||
| gearset a set of gears | ||
| high gear, high a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed | ||
| park a gear position that acts as a parking brake; "the put the car in park and got out" | ||
| reverse gear, reverse (American football) a running play in which a back running in one direction hands the ball to a back running in the opposite direction | ||
| second gear, second the 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 gear a gear that couples the steering wheel to the steering linkage of a motor vehicle | ||
| third gear, third the third from the lowest forward ratio gear in the gear box of a motor vehicle; "you shouldn't try to start in third gear" | ||
| gear - equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc. | ||
| paraphernalia, appurtenance | ||
| equipment an instrumentality needed for an undertaking or to perform a service | ||
| fishing gear, fishing rig, fishing tackle, tackle, rig gear used in fishing | ||
| kit, outfit young of any of various fur-bearing animals; "a fox kit" | ||
| regalia paraphernalia indicative of royalty (or other high office) | ||
| rig gear (including necessary machinery) for a particular enterprise | ||
| rigging, tackle gear consisting of ropes etc. supporting a ship's masts and sails | ||
| gear - 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" | ||
| gearing, geartrain, power train, train | ||
| wheelwork mechanical device including an arrangement of wheel in a machine (especially a train of gears) | ||
| engine motor that converts thermal energy to mechanical work | ||
| epicyclic gear train, epicyclic train a system of epicyclic gears in which at least one wheel axis itself revolves about another fixed axis | ||
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| gear - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience" | ||
| pitch | ||
| adapt, accommodate make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose; "Adapt our native cuisine to the available food resources of the new country" | ||
| popularise, popularize make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- gear (Noun)
Equipment or paraphernalia, especially that used for an athletic endeavor. - gear (Noun)
A wheel with grooves teeth engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other. - gear (Noun)
A particular combination or choice of interlocking gears, such that a particular gear ratio is achieved. - gear (Noun)
A configuration of the transmission of a motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque. - gear (Noun)
recreational drug s. - gear (Verb)
To provide with gearing; to fit with gears in order to achieve a desired gear ratio . - gear (Verb)
To be in, or come into, gear. - gear (Verb)
To dress; to put gear on; to harness.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- gear (n.)
Clothing; garments; ornaments. - gear (n.)
Goods; property; household stuff. - gear (n.)
Whatever is prepared for use or wear; manufactured stuff or material. - gear (n.)
The harness of horses or cattle; trapping. - gear (n.)
Warlike accouterments. - gear (n.)
Manner; custom; behavior. - gear (n.)
Business matters; affairs; concern. - gear (n.)
A toothed wheel, or cogwheel; as, a spur gear, or a bevel gear; also, toothed wheels, collectively. - gear (n.)
An apparatus for performing a special function; gearing; as, the feed gear of a lathe. - gear (n.)
Engagement of parts with each other; as, in gear; out of gear. - gear (n.)
See 1st Jeer (b). - gear (n.)
Anything worthless; stuff; nonsense; rubbish. - gear (v. t.)
To dress; to put gear on; to harness. - gear (v. t.)
To provide with gearing. - gear (v. i.)
To be in, or come into, gear.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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gear
A configuration of the transmission of an motor car so as to achieve a particular ratio of engine to axle torque. -
gear
A wheel with grooves (teeth) engraved on the outer circumference, such that two such devices can interlock and convey motion from one to the other.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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gear
gēr, n. a state of preparation: dress: harness: tackle: (mech.) connection by means of toothed wheels: (obs.) a matter, affair.—v.t. to put in gear, as machinery.—p.adj. Geared, connected with the motor by gearing.—ns. Gear′ing, harness: working implements: (mech.) a train of toothed wheels and pinions; Gear′-wheel, a wheel with teeth or cogs which impart or transmit motion by acting on those of another wheel; Driv′ing-gear, those parts in a machine most nearly concerned in imparting motion.—Multiplying gearing, a combination of cog-wheels for imparting motion from wheels of larger to wheels of smaller diameter, by which the rate of revolution is increased; Out of gear, out of running order, unprepared; Straight gearing, the name given when the planes of motion are parallel—opposed to Bevelled gearing, when the direction is changed (see Bevel). [M. E. gere, prob. Ice. gervi; cf. A.S. gearwe, Old High Ger. garawi, Eng. yare and gar, v.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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gear
[the Anglo-Saxon geara, clothing]. A general name for the rigging of any particular spar or sail; and in or out of gear implies anything being fit or unfit for use.
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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gear
Warlike accoutrements; military harness; equipage.
Wikipedia 
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Gears are mechanical parts with cut teeth designed to fit with teeth on another part so as to transmit or receive force and motion. Gears are also sometimes call toothed wheels or cogged wheels or cogs. The cut teeth are also sometimes called cogs.
Gear materials.
Numerous nonferrous alloys, cast irons, powder-metallurgy and even plastics are used in the manufacture of gears. However steels are most commonly used because of their high strength to weight ratio and low cost. -
disambiguation
Gear is a toothed wheel designed to transmit torque to another gear or toothed component.
