Definition of gear mechanism Gear mechanism
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What does gear mechanism mean?
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| gear mechanism - a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle) | ||
| gear | ||
| 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" | ||
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